In todays lesson you will continue learning about describing pictures.

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Some Chinese characters are really easy to understand because they look very similar to the object they mean to describe. In this lesson we will look at Chinese Characters that look like a picture, where you can know the meaning, by just looking at the character. Yes that easy!

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In this lesson, we will continue our topic of describing images. In our previous lesson, we described a picture with a little girl in it. And in this lesson, we will look at pictures with fruits.

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Today we will learn something simple but interesting, which we have not done before. If you take a look at the picture for this lesson, would you be able to describe it for me? What is this picture about? Who is in the picture? What is the colour of this image? If I have to describe it using two or three sentences, I would say: 这是一张照片，照片上是一个小女孩，穿着红色的裙子，后面是绿色的植物。It might sound quite difficult to understand for now, but don't be worried, once I go through it with you, you will find it easy and also be able to form your own sentences. So, let's begin! Consolidate your knowledge of today's Chinese podcast by trying Chinese Test – Little girl

Today we will learn something interesting. Imagine that you have to describe a picture to a friend. How can you do it? It sounds easy but in reality, it isn't that easy. If you look at the image for this lesson, its a fruit basket, but can you describe it in Chinese? Would you like to have a try? If your answer is yes, then you might want to pause this podcast for a second, because in today's lesson I will discuss this picture with you, meanwhile we can look at how to describe a position, color and also learn some new words related to fruits.

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If your friends or colleagues are going to leave for good, the Chinese way to say goodbye is to invite them for a farewell dinner. 为某人饯行, a farewell for somebody. In today's lesson, we will learn how to make a toast, how to give presents and make appropriate remarks on receiving them and how to use exclamations. Don't forget to consolidate what you learned by trying the Chinese Test - Farewell dinner

Mandarin is the official language of China and we call it putonghua. Putonghua is taught in schools and used in Universities, businesses and pretty much anywhere in China. although sometimes you might hear a different version of Mandarin from North of China, it still is easy to understand. But if you are living in the South, then you might have difficulties to understand the local dialect. Believe me, we Chinese have this problem too. This is why we use Putonghua as a common dialect.

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我们今天要讲的课程是关于银行，today our topic is about money.When you arrive in China, you probably will like to open a new bank account. There are a lot of banks to choose from, so today I won't talk about the process of opening a new account, but discuss with you some useful grammar. For example, opening an account in Chinese is 开户, as you can see from each character, 开 means open, and 户 here refers to account. Well, there are more things involved in banking, and we will discuss the most important ones here in this lesson.

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今天我们要讲的课程是关于打电话，today we will talk about conversations over the phone. There are some customs that are unique and different, for example, instead of asking 你是谁, who are you, the Chinese way to ask is where are you, 你是哪里？And of course, the response should not be the actually location of where you are. If you want to find out what the response should, please tune in to today's lesson.

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老师在中文里也可以说成是师傅，you can also use the word 师傅 for teacher, but this word is mostly used to refer to a male teacher. But today this name is not only used for teachers, but also for all males who provide services, such as: taxi driver, tour guide, agent or sales person.

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今天我们要学习一组短语，today we will talk about a short phrase, 一边一边, doing something while you are on something else.

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