Chinese Daily Life
Beginner - Intermediate
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A Perfumer describes his beautiful spacious home and How it's ideal for his pets.

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"Bài Nián" is a term for the Spring Festival tradition of paying visits to family and friends.

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While saying blessings is another Chinese Spring Festival tradition, one has to be careful of the blessings he or she chooses!

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When Miao's uncle accidentally gets drunk in an attempt to keep up his image, how will his image fare?

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Although getting drunk can be fun, it just might get in the way of one's attempt to convey a positive image.

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When adjectives are used as predicates in Chinese, there are three forms: affirmative, negative and interrogative.

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People often do crazy things when they are drunk. What kind of show have you put on in that state?

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With Susan staying with them for Chinese New Year, Miao's family feels a bit unsure how to act in front of the foreign guest.

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On their way home from the temple fair, Mai and Susan meet Mai's neighbor, Sister Liu.

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Eating dumplings with different types of fillings is a traditional Chinese New Year activity.

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A tradition of Chinese New Year is to eat dumplings with family but there's also another tradition within the dumplings. Can you guess what it is?

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Miao's family is shocked when Susan says she'll stay at their house longer.

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Since she's planning on becoming independent from her family, Susan will be staying with Miao's family long-term.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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

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

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Have you ever tried the authentic American breakfast-hamburger?

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

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Burgers are great but how would you feel if you were to eat it three meals a day?

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So who's going to put an end to this endless burger weekend.

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Be careful of what you want to express in Chinese as the world order is also important.

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Someone finally has enough courage to talk to Susan about her big burger feast.

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And now Susan made a change to her American burger and turned it into the Chinese burger.

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Now it's the time to pack your winter clothes away since spring is coming.

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Goodbye winter, and hello spring.

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"Cover in spring and cool off in autumn" helps your body to better adapt to the new season's temperature.

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Older people are scared of getting cold while the younger generation is scared of getting hot.

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Mai Miao and Susan tried to avoid wearing to many layers by sending their winter clothes to the laundromat but of course that didn't work out.

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Mai Miao and Susan don't want to take the down jackets with them but uncle and aunt insist. What should they do now?

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The elderly are wise so you should listen to their advice. Or else, you will be like Susan and Mai Miao.

Death Simulator

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Have you ever wondered what will happen after you die?

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The death simulation is not for you to experience death, but rather for you to think deeply about how you should handle difficult situations.

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Sometimes, stress is the one thing that keeps a person going.

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If the only way for you to save hundreds of people were to torture a child, what would you do?

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Would your decision change if your family were involved?

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The world is full of malice but of course kindness is also present.

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What would you do if your parents are suffering from painful death?

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Not everything in the world can be solved with logic. But at the same time, not everything in the world can be solved using just a feeling.

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Many people tend to escape from the hardships in life.

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What is the true meaning of life? What is the true meaning of death?

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At the end of the game, every participant was given a key word. Let's see what they are.

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Death is the rebirth of another life.

Perfumer and his 25 cats

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A perfumer tells us how his lifestyle has changed as he's grown up. He's created the ideal house for him and his numerous pets.

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A pefumer describes the features of his exquisite home.

We are lesbians

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Two best friends who have no concept of what it means to be a lesbian figure out that they are actually in a lesbian relationship. This clip shows the moment when they realized what they were without realizing any of the societal ramifications.

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In order to put their parents minds at ease, both the women in the couple get fake marriages. Their parents don't seem to mind as long as they can maintain their respectability. Their biggest hurtle was from within the relationship.

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