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* In this episode, we go through the terrible history and culture of foot binding. Transcript will be available on the website http://chinesecolloquialised.com within the next 24 hours.
* Both The Story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump are representative of the zeitgeist at the time of their publication. In this episode, I go through the similarities and differences between the story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump. Enjoy! Transcript will be made available at chinesecolloquialised.com http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, I go over how language can shape someone's pattern of speech and why this can lead some people to think Chinese people are rude. I then go through some major translation incidents. Transcript will be on the website: chinesecolloquialised.com http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we briefly and speedily run through the very interesting Cypriot history. Transcript will be available on http://chinesecolloquialised.com.
* Since it's the lunar new year coming up and it will be the year of the tiger, I thought it would be interesting to explore the Chinese idiom: 不入，焉得. Happy Year of the Tiger!
* Happy New Year! In this episode, we catch up on what has been happening in Xi'an in terms of COVID prevention measures. Transcript available on: http://chinesecolloquialised.com http://chinesecolloquialised.com/
* I'm back! In this episode, we talk about the City of Ghosts. It sounds fictitious but it very much exists! Where is it? And why is it known as the City of Ghosts?? Let's find out! Transcript available on: http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we take a moment to admire some of 许渊冲's works. Transcript will be available at: www.chinesecolloquialised.com http://www.chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we have a look at how Tencent was and is viewed by its partners and competitors, including how Tencent went from being a public enemy to being the favourite. June Workshop Tickets (Four-Day Work Week): 1A: 27 June, 10:00-11:00 (BST) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158289244391 1B: 27 June, 18:00-19:00 (BST) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/158937346883 Transcript available at: www.chinesecolloquialised.com http://www.chinesecolloquialised.com
* Recently I read a news article reporting that China has over 200 million people who are single. Why is this? Let's have a look! Transcript will be available at: chinesecolloquialised.com http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we discuss why people don't like this "adjusted leave" concept and whether it should be cancelled for good. Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we talk about China's International Workers' Day adjusted leave / time-off in lieu system. How does one day off become five days off?! And what do people in China think of this system? Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode, we borrow the plot from the TV series 《小舍得》to explore China's junior to high school education culture. Transcript available at: http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* In this episode I talk about an article I've written (in English) in response to The Sunday Times' remark that seems to condone, approve and trivialise Prince Philip's racist "gaffes". The article: https://chinesecolloquialised.com/category/blog/ Transcript for today's episode: https://chinesecolloquialised.com
* Who do you think is China's first female emperor? What if I told you there are actually three contenders? Let's have a look. 👑 Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.com Buy Me Coffee code: buymeacoff.ee/KAYCEE https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kaycee
* In this episode, I briefly summarise the Xinjiang cotton issue and read a couple of news articles from China and a couple from the West to see how the issue was covered from different perspectives. Transcript available at: http://chinesecolloquialised.com
* Let's play with some Chinese characters this week. 1. Can you guess the Chinese character from the short riddles? 2. What can you replace 弄 with for the sentence to still make sense? 3. Where can you insert punctuations to break the sentence up? There are 5 possible different sentences with different meanings, can you find them all? Let me know on Instagram or in the comments section on my website, where the transcript is also available (http://chinesecolloquialised.com).
* In this episode we talk #marriage! We take a closer look at the characters 娶 and 嫁 and their implicit meanings. We also cover 娘家 and 赘婿 to gain a certain cultural perspective of marriage in China. Chinese Conversed: https://chineseconversed.com Transcript available at: https://chinesecolloquialised.com
* 《从你的全世界路过》Read With Me Deep Dive Part 3. In this episode, I run through some of the colloquial/uncommon/helpful terms in this first short story of the second night. What do you think about the series so far? To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/
* Let's read the first short story of the second chapter of 《从你的全世界路过》; it's called 我希望有个如你一般的人. To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/
* 《从你的全世界路过》(I Belonged To You) Read With Me Deep Dive Part 2. In this episode, I run through some of the colloquial/uncommon terms in this second and last part of chapter 1. Video version available on YouTube (link below) I would always recommend that you buy a copy of the book, to support the author if nothing else, but online versions are available if you wanted to read along with me in the meantime (link below). Here we go! To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/ YouTube video: https://youtu.be/_gruZYFll40 #readwithme #bilingualbooks #learnmandarin
* In this episode, we finish reading the second part of 从你的全世界路过 before we take a deep dive into some of the interesting, colloquial terms and phrases on Wednesday. What do you think of this first little short story from the collection? To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/
* As many people know, we are now officially in the year of the ox! Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! In this episode we talk about the often talked about "年味儿". What is it??!
* I take a deep dive into the book《从你的全世界路过》, written by 张嘉佳。It's a collection of short stories, half of which are related to love. It's witty, funny and contains a good amount of slang with some gentle profanity. I would always recommend that you buy a copy of the book, to support the author if nothing else, but online versions are available if you wanted to read along with me in the meantime (link below). Here we go! To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/ #readwithme #bilingualbooks #learnmandarin
* In this episode, I read a segment of the book 《从你的全世界路过》，written by author: 张嘉佳。It's a collection of short stories, half of which are related to love. It's witty, funny and contains some gentle profanity. I would always recommend buying a book if you can, to support the author, but there are online versions available if you wanted to read along with me in the mean time. Here we go! To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/ Online version of the book: http://www.dushu369.com/zhongguomingzhu/HTML/99793.html
* In this episode, Summer and I discuss the topics of a loveless marriage and whether we should tell our friend that their other half might be cheating on them? To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com https://chinesecolloquialised.com/
* Learn Chinese by listening to Chinese music! In this episode, Summer talks about Huo Zun's song 《你好吗，少年？》
* In this episode, Summer and I discuss two main concepts often debated in China: (i) should pretty women focus on their career or on men; and (ii) should you marry someone with a similar background and family to you? Then, I go on to discuss a recent TV series called 《流金岁月》, the storyline of which encompasses both of these points. To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com.
* In this episode, we dig a little bit deeper about some of the basic Chinese greetings, including some interesting anecdotes about how some of the Chinese personal pronouns came about and how to move on from using the general patriarchal '他' （‘he') when you don't know the gender of the subject. I am currently away from home and didn't bring my microphone with me as I didn't think I was going to spend this much time away. I had to film this via my camera, hence the reduced sound quality; it didn't sound terrible so I thought I'd upload it!
