The mystery of the dumplings is that the person who eats the lucky dumpling with the coin filling will be the luckiest person in the coming year.

Fighting jet lag is the worst. Miao stays up with Susan while she's attempting to adjust to the time change.

What do you do when you can't go to sleep? Do you drink milk or do you count sheep?

As one's day depends upon the morning, you might want to start waking up earlier.

It's very easy to state the date in Chinese. All you need is the number plus the words "year," "month," and "day."

Susan has taken the breakfast sign from a store. What do you think she will do with it?

The family gets into an argument, debating whether Susan should sell Chinese food or Western food. Do you think that Susan is really trying to open a breakfast shop?

Would you ask for your present two weeks before your actual birthday?

Have you ever tried mixing the Chinese and Western breakfasts together?

Chinese is very complicated because the same characters can have different meanings depending on the context, similar to homographs in English.

The family's neighbor is trying to introduce a girl to Xiao Wei. Let's see how things go.

One should never judge a person by his or her appearance. It's what's inside that counts.

What would you do if someone were to set you on with a blind date?

There are two ways of introducing people to others. One is more formal and the other is more causal.

A blind date is a traditional way to meet new people. In present day China, many couples are still formed in this way.

In order to escape the blind date, Mai Miao and Susan plan to call Xiao Wei so that he can have an excuse to leave early. What would you do to escape such an awkward event?

Well, well, well... It appears that someone has changed his mind regarding blind dates.

Even though Xiao Wei has changed his mind, Susan still goes forward with her rescue plan.

The "is" word sentence is a very common sentence pattern in Chinese. Many sentences can be formed using this sentence structure.

When Susan messes up Xiao Wei's blind date, Auntie is forced to step in.

As a means of showing her gratitude, Susan plans to make American food for the whole family.

Have you ever tried the authentic American breakfast-hamburger?

Susan is making lunch. What do you think she'll make?

There are three ways to say thank you in Chinese depending on the person that you are thanking. And to say you are welcome, you can simply say "no thanks."