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It's a metaphor, like when people take a number and wait in line to be served. This song is from the movie, "Turn Left, Turn Right." Sometimes you just have to have faith and wait for "The One" to appear in your life.

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The Ad that Moved Chinese Overseas Students to Tears. Nagging becomes music when hearts are connected.

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A grizzly tale of a mysterious series of murders in Qing-era Guangdong gives us a saying which means "an absence of justice." This video explains the origins of the phrase and breaks down its meaning character by character.

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Do you ever secretly love someone? Are you always curious about her life and wish to see her every day? This might be the song for you.

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Jane Zhang established her own record label, Show City Times, signed with Universal Music and even made her American TV singing debut on the Oprah Winfrey Show last May. The third place winner of 120,000 hopefuls in the 2005 season of Super Girl sure has come a long way. This song has a sing-along chorus that’s sure to capture hearts and minds.

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The wisdom of Chinese ancient hieroglyphics can be traced back to thousands of years ago. They are so clever and yet, comprised of such spontaneous connections that even a child can guess them.

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After a long day, with Wanchai Ferry frozen food, noodle house flavor can be enjoyed right in your own home.

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I love taking baths. They make my skin so nice! I have so much fun with turtles, mermaids and submarines in my bathtub. Who doesn't love taking baths?

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The wily vendor has duped the inspector for long enough now. His act is beginning to fall apart and his luck is running out.

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The rogue lamb skewer hawker's act is starting to wear thin with an increasingly frustrated inspector. Luckily, he's saved when his dodgy meat comes to the rescue.

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Do you know whether ginger grows on the ground or in a tree? Unfortunately for the man in this video, neither does he.

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The enterprising but fraudulent lamb skewer vendor keeps up his charade, pretending not to know enough Mandarin to understand the inspector when he requests to see the man's business license.

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This classic comedy sketch from the 1986 New Year's Eve Gala features a wily, unlicensed lamb skewer vendor trying to get out of paying a fine.

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The skit continues with the lamb skewer hawker pretending to be a Uyghur- the ethnic minority associated with his culinary product- to fool the inspector. The only problem is, he knows nothing about his fake homeland, the far western region of Xinjiang.

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"Shou Zhu Dai Tu" means, "Sitting by a stump, waiting for a careless rabbit to hit the stump." Originally, it referred to the routineer in an ironic way. Later, the metaphor came to mean one does not take the initiative to work hard and wants to get a windfall.

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This Eastern Han-era story of a principled man who turned down a duke's invitation is the origin of an expression which means "to flatter and suck up to."

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Love is not sacrifice or possession, but giving. When you have love, give the other person freedom. When you've lost love, let it free.

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This idiom is used as a metaphor for the punishment of a person to alert others to correct their behavior.

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Never look down on someone who is not as good as you in some areas. Here's why.

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Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Learn about ECCO's new Autumn/Winter Collection.

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Hear the story from which the saying, "Hun Shui Mo Yu" came about. It means to take advantage of a chaotic time or deliberately create confusion to obtain benefits.

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The Chinese idiom, "San Xin Er Yi," literally means, "Three hearts, two thoughts." It can be used to describe someone who splits his energy between many things instead of focusing on one task at a time. The simple vocabulary in this video gives an example of "San Xin Er Yi."

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In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.

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We learn about the past and present of Fujian Fuken music, a Chinese music company that makes and distributes mix tapes, put on shows, etc.

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