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你知道红绿灯吧， nǐ | zhī | dào | hóng | lǜ | dēng | ba You know traffic lights, don’t you? 在城市的每个路口都有红绿灯， zài | chéng | shì | de | měi | gè | lù | kǒu | dōu | yǒu | hóng | lǜ | dēng there is a set of traffic lights at every intersection in the city. 行人看的红绿灯通常是一个小人图形， xíng | rén | kàn | de | hóng | lǜ | dēng | tōng | cháng | shì | yī | gè | xiǎo | rén | tú | xíng The...

那天我看了一个视频， nà | tiān | wǒ | kàn | le | yī | gè | shì | pín The other day, I watched a video, 是一个美国人拍的第一次到中国旅游的vlog， shì | yī | gè | měi | guó | rén | pāi | de | dì | yī | cì | dào | zhōng | guó | lǚ | yóu | de | vlog a vlog shot by an American traveling to China for the first time. 这个人有点可爱， zhè | ge | rén | yǒu | diǎn | kě | ài This guy is kind of cute, 他一边感...

今天我们就来一句句拆解这首意义非凡的歌， jīn tiān | wǒ men | jiù | lái | yī jù | jù | chāi jiě | zhè | shǒu | yì yì | fēi fán | de | gē Today we are going to break down this extraordinary song line by line, 《亲爱的你呀》。 《qīn ài | de | nǐ | ya》 Dear You. 亲爱的你呀 qīn ài | de | nǐ | ya Dear you, 我们好久没见 wǒ men | hǎo | jiǔ | méi | jiàn we haven’t seen each other for so long. 有没有长大一...

这首歌值得我非常认真地来介绍它， zhè | shǒu | gē | zhí | dé | wǒ | fēi | cháng | rèn | zhēn | de | lái | jiè | shào | tā This song deserves me to introduce it seriously， 值得我做两期节目。 zhí | dé | wǒ | zuò | liǎng | qī | jié | mù And it deserves me to make two episodes about it. 这个演员叫任素汐， zhè | ge | yǎn | yuán | jiào | rén | sù | xī This actress is called Ren Suxi. 网友们戏称，她是被...

12月4日，法国总统马克龙来到了成都， shí èr | yuè | dì | sì | rì | fǎ guó | zǒng tǒng | mǎ kè lóng | lái | dào | le | chéng dū On December 4th, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Chengdu. 身在成都的我们，也是突然听说他来成都了。 shēn | zài | chéng dū | de | wǒ men | yě | shì | tū rán | tīng shuō | tā | lái | chéng dū | le We who live in Chengdu only heard the news of his visit suddenly. 他...

房产中介就是连接买房人和卖房人的职业， fáng chǎn | zhōng jiè | jiù | shì | lián jiē | mǎi fáng rén | hé | mài fáng rén | de | zhí yè A real estate agent is a profession that connects homebuyers and home sellers, 也是连接房东和租客的职业。 yě | shì | lián jiē | fáng dōng | hé | zū kè | de | zhí yè and also connects landlords and tenants. 在哪里可以找到房产中介呢？ zài | nǎ lǐ | kě yǐ | zhǎo dào | f...

我住的城市成都， wǒ | zhù | de | chéng shì | chéng dū Chengdu, the city where I live, 是一个阴天比较多的城市， shì | yī gè | yīn tiān | bǐ jiào | duō | de | chéng shì is a city with quite a lot of cloudy days, 一年有两百多天都是阴天。 yī nián | yǒu | liǎng bǎi | duō | tiān | dōu | shì | yīn tiān with more than 200 cloudy days a year. 在冬天，只要一出太阳， zài | dōng tiān | zhǐ yào | yī | chū | tà...

今天咱们“一个词”专栏要讲的词是“单位”。 jīn tiān | zán men | “yī gè cí” | zhuān lán | yào | jiǎng | de | cí | shì | “dān wèi” Today, the word we’re covering in our "One Word" column is "dān wèi" (unit/organization). “单位”这个词大概有三个意思， “dān wèi” | zhè ge | cí | dà gài | yǒu | sān gè | yì si The word "dān wèi" has about three meanings: 第一，表示工作机构， dì y...

在我成长的城市， zài | wǒ | chéng zhǎng | de | chéng shì In the city where I grew up, 在我10岁生日那天， zài | wǒ | shí suì | shēng rì | nà tiān on my 10th birthday, 麦当劳在那里的第一家店开业， mài dāng láo | zài | nà lǐ | de | dì yī jiā | diàn | kāi yè the first McDonald’s restaurant there opened— 所以我对麦当劳有一点点情结。 suǒ yǐ | wǒ | duì | mài dāng láo | yǒu | yī diǎn diǎn | qíng jié so I...

今天送给大家一句话： jīn tiān | sòng gěi | dà jiā | yī jù | huà Today I want to share a sentence with you: 热爱可抵岁月漫长。 rè ài | kě | dǐ | suì yuè | màn cháng Passion can withstand the long passage of time. 我做这个播客累不累呢？ wǒ | zuò | zhè ge | bō kè | lèi | bù | lèi | ne Am I tired of making this podcast? 累， lèi Yes, 但是我乐在其中， dàn shì | wǒ | lè | zài | qí zhōng but I take great...

你的身高是多少呢？ nǐ | de | shēn gāo | shì | duō shao | ne What's your height? 我身高164， wǒ | shēn gāo | yāo liù sì My height is 164, 意思是，164厘米。 yì si | shì | yāo liù sì | lí mǐ which means 164 centimeters. 我老公身高174， wǒ | lǎo gōng | shēn gāo | yāo qī sì My husband's height is 174 centimeters. 这个身高在他们北方算中下等， zhè ge | shēn gāo | zài | tā men | běi fāng | suàn |...

炸鸡太好吃了， zhá jī | tài | hǎo chī | le Fried chicken is so delicious, 尤其是香辣味的炸鸡。 yóu qí | shì | xiāng là | wèi | de | zhá jī especially spicy-flavored fried chicken. 我时不时就会点外卖， wǒ | shí bù shí | jiù | huì | diǎn | wài mài I order takeout from time to time, 点炸鸡来吃， diǎn | zhá jī | lái | chī ordering fried chicken to eat, 吃完又觉得“罪恶”， chī wán | yòu | jué de | “zuì...

语言难学， yǔ yán | nán | xué Language is hard to learn, 更难学的是语言背后的文化。 gèng | nán | xué | de | shì | yǔ yán | bèi hòu | de | wén huà and the culture behind the language is even harder. 我们可以和外国人简单聊天， wǒ men | kě yǐ | hé | wài guó rén | jiǎn dān | liáo tiān We can have simple conversations with foreigners, 但谈话稍稍深入， dàn | tán huà | shāo shāo | shēn rù but once the co...

现在我们出门只需要带一个手机， xiàn zài | wǒ men | chū mén | zhǐ | xū yào | dài | yī gè | shǒu jī Now we only need to take a mobile phone when going out. 所有的支付都用手机， suǒ yǒu | de | zhī fù | dōu | yòng | shǒu jī All payments are made with the mobile phone, 比如买东西、坐地铁、坐公交、打车、 bǐ rú | mǎi dōng xī | zuò | dì tiě | zuò | gōng jiāo | dǎ chē such as shopping, taking the subway, t...

今天是我们歌曲专栏的第4期， jīn tiān | shì | wǒ men | gē qǔ | zhuān lán | de | dì | 4 | qī Today is the 4th episode of our songs column. 今天的歌叫《隐形的翅膀》， jīn tiān | de | gē | jiào | 《yǐn xíng | de | chì bǎng》 Today’s song is called "Invisible Wings". 这首歌在中国也是非常有名的， zhè | shǒu | gē | zài | zhōng guó | yě shì | fēi cháng | yǒu míng | de This song is also very famo...

我们的节目也可以讨论这样哲学的主题。 wǒ men | de | jié mù | yě | kě yǐ | tǎo lùn | zhè yàng | zhé xué | de | zhǔ tí Our program can also discuss such philosophical topics. 我喜欢做这个播客节目的原因之一， wǒ | xǐ huān | zuò | zhè ge | bō kè | jié mù | de | yuán yīn | zhī yī One of the reasons I love making this podcast 是我可以畅所欲言， shì | wǒ | kě yǐ | chàng suǒ yù yán is that I can speak free...

今天又开启一个新的专栏啦， jīn tiān | yòu | kāi qǐ | yī gè | xīn | zhuān lán | la Today we’re launching another new column— 就是这么任性呀。 jiù shì | zhè me | rèn xìng | ya I'm just that willful. 从这个专栏的名字你就能看出了， cóng | zhè ge | zhuān lán | de | míng zi | nǐ | jiù | néng | kàn chū | le As you can tell from the column’s name, 每期节目都只讲一个词， měi qī | jié mù | dōu | zhǐ | j...

上次我们聊了普通人如何运用AI， shàng cì | wǒ men | liáo le | pǔ tōng rén | rú hé | yùn yòng | AI Last time we talked about how ordinary people use AI, AI的发展太迅速， AI | de | fā zhǎn | tài | xùn sù and AI is developing so rapidly. 关于AI的话题聊不完， guān yú | AI | de | huà tí | liáo bù wán There are endless topics to talk about regarding AI, 今天我再和大家讲讲， jīn tiān | wǒ | zài | hé | dà...

你吃螃蟹吗？ nǐ | chī | páng xiè | ma Do you eat crabs? 每到秋天， měi dào | qiū tiān Every autumn, 就是吃螃蟹的时节。 jiù shì | chī | páng xiè | de | shí jié it’s the season for eating crabs. 我们家以前从没吃过螃蟹， wǒ men | jiā | yǐ qián | cóng méi | chī guo | páng xiè Our family never ate crabs before— 这也是少有的事情， zhè | yě shì | shǎo yǒu | de | shì qíng which is quite rare, 因为很多人都...

卷，是这些年流行的一个词， juǎn | shì | zhè xiē nián | liú xíng | de | yī gè | cí "Juan" is a popular word in recent years. 我们常说，“各行各业都很卷”， wǒ men | cháng shuō | “gè háng gè yè | dōu | hěn | juǎn” We often say, "All walks of life are very 'juan' (involutionary)." 我用一个简单的比喻， wǒ | yòng | yī gè | jiǎn dān | de | bǐ yù I’ll use a simple metaphor 来告...

英雄联盟2025年度全球总决赛， yīng xióng lián méng | 2025 nián dù | quán qiú | zǒng jué sài The 2025 League of Legends World Championship, 11月9日在中国举办， 11 yuè | 9 rì | zài | zhōng guó | jǔ bàn held in China on November 9th, 而且就在我所在的城市成都， ér qiě | jiù zài | wǒ | suǒ zài | de | chéng shì | chéng dū is actually in my city, Chengdu, 而且距离我家就20公里。 ér qiě | jù lí | wǒ jiā | j...

今天，我们来看看常见的纸制品的中文。 jīn tiān | wǒ men | lái | kàn kàn | cháng jiàn | de | zhǐ zhì pǐn | de | zhōng wén Today, let’s take a look at the Chinese names of common paper products. 一 yī 1. 我们用来擦鼻涕、擦嘴的纸， wǒ men | yòng lái | cā | bí tì | cā | zuǐ | de | zhǐ The paper we use to wipe our noses and mouths, 叫做“餐巾纸”， jiào zuò | “cān jīn zhǐ” is called "cān jīn zhǐ&quot...

今天是我们的成语专栏第二期 jīn tiān | shì | wǒ men | de | chéng yǔ | zhuān lán | dì èr qī Today is the second episode of our idiom column. 我们要讲的成语叫“物美价廉” wǒ men | yào | jiǎng | de | chéng yǔ | jiào | “wù měi jià lián” The idiom we’re going to talk about is "wù měi jià lián" (excellent quality at a reasonable price). 从字面就可以看出它的意思了 cóng | zì miàn | jiù | kě yǐ | kà...

突然到来的秋假终于结束了， tū rán | dào lái | de | qiū jià | zhōng yú | jié shù | le The sudden autumn vacation has finally ended. 这意味着，我连续带娃五天。 zhè | yì wèi zhe | wǒ | lián xù | dài wá | wǔ tiān This means I’ve been taking care of the kids for five consecutive days. 孩子爸爸请了年假， hái zi | bà bà | qǐng le | nián jià My children's dad took annual leave, 打算也和一些家庭一样，...

中国的外卖非常发达。 zhōng guó | de | wài mài | fēi cháng | fā dá Food delivery in China is extremely developed. 你可以看到非常多的外卖员， nǐ | kě yǐ | kàn dào | fēi cháng duō | de | wài mài yuán You can see a lot of food delivery riders, 他们骑车在路上， tā men | qí chē | zài | lù shàng riding their electric bikes on the roads 或在小区里赶路。 huò | zài | xiǎo qū | lǐ | gǎn lù or hurrying throug...