Nicole

every little thing Chinese

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Are you looking for an easier way to learn Chinese Mandarin? Every little thing Chinese is a podcast for Chinese learners achieved HSK2 level. What you hear will some known stories or knowledge retold in Chinese, or the sharing of various things in my life, just like the title of this podcast: every little thing Chinese. You will learn how to use Chinese in daily life. So every episode is spoken at a speed you can understand. You can find transcript, pinyin and key vocabularies in description. I believe these would help you learn Chinese more effectively.

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Do You Wanna Build a Snowman? Two Useful Chinese Phrases You’ll Hear on Snowy Days-S2E8 06.01.2026 7:05

📚📒 This content includes English and simple Chinese, so it’s friendly for anyone around HSK 2 to 3. And the notes for this content are available for download. Click⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠to get it ***********************✨✨✨✨*********************** More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠Improve your Chinese with bite-sized lessons delivered 2~3 times a week. 📽️📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠M...

A Christmas Day with a British Family | Learn Chinese Through Stories| S2E7 25.12.2025 9:02

📚📒 This content includes English and simple Chinese, so it’s friendly for anyone around HSK 2 to 3. And the notes for this content are available for download. Click⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠to get it ***********************✨✨✨✨*********************** More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠Improve your Chinese with bite-sized lessons delivered 2~3 times a week. 📽️📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Yo...

Why Do People Give Apples on Christmas Eve in China? | S2E6 24.12.2025 6:40

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5 Christmas Verbs You’ll Actually Use When Celebrating Christmas-S2E5 23.12.2025 14:50

📚📒 This content includes English and simple Chinese, so it’s friendly for anyone around HSK 2 to 3. And the notes for this content are available for download. Click⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠to get it ***********************✨✨✨✨*********************** More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠Improve your Chinese with bite-sized lessons delivered 2~3 times a week. 📽️📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

🐍🐱🐶 Listen & Learn: 3 Pet Stories in Chinese| S2E4 18.12.2025 9:21

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🐱🐶How to Talk About Pets in Chinese (Raise, Feed, Walk & More)| S2E3 16.12.2025 13:31

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4 houses help you review house related vocabularies - S2E2 04.12.2025 8:51

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Let's talk about houses in Chinese| S2E1 02.12.2025 11:49

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vol. 34 Do you have a habit of taking a nap?- 你有午睡的习惯吗？-nǐ yǒu wǔshuì de xíguàn ma? S1 01.12.2024 6:53

📚📰📒🥂⛳️📃📖🔖📝📒 The script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click ⁠⁠ here⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript ***********************✨✨✨✨*********************** My ⁠⁠conversation bootcamp⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠pronunciation bootcamp⁠⁠ are holding on every weekend. Welcome to join me and practice with me. ****************...

vol.33 The TV series I watch repeatedly- 我反复看的几部电视剧-wǒ fǎnfù kàn de jǐ bù diànshìjù 22.11.2024 11:15

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vol. 32 My feelings about Sex and the City-我对《欲望都市》的感受 - wǒ duì Sexy and the City de gǎn shòu 15.11.2024 7:15

📚📰📒🥂⛳️📃📖🔖📝📒 The script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript ***********************✨✨✨✨*********************** My conversation bootcamp and pronunciation bootcamp are holding on every weekend. Welcome to join me and practice with me. ***********************✨✨✨...

Ep31- The TV series I’m currently watching- 我最近在看的电视剧 (wǒ zuì jìn zài kàn de diàn shì jù) 22.10.2024 12:03

📚📰📒🥂⛳️📃📖🔖📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ My online class: 【level 1】 Nicole's Chinese Mandarin for the Real World 2024 https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/level-1 【20% off: Y0G5】 📮✉️【⁠Newsletter⁠】：https://s...

A pure complaint about British trains| 英国火车纯！！吐！！槽！！yīng guó huǒ chē chún tù cáo 【Ep 30】 08.10.2024 9:19

📚📰📒🥂⛳️📃📖🔖📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ My online class: 【level 1】 Nicole's Chinese Mandarin for the Real World 2024 https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/level-1 【20% off: Y0G5】 📮✉️【⁠Newsletter⁠】：https://su...

Cultural Differences Between China and the UK | 中国和英国的文化差异 (Zhōngguó hé Yīngguó de wénhuà chāyì) 【Ep29】 04.10.2024 12:16

Are you an E person or an I person? 你是E人还是I人？（nǐ shì Erén hái shì I rén？）- Chinese learning podcast【Ep28】 17.08.2024 8:24

你是E人还是I人？ Are you an E person or an I person? This is actually the hottest topic in China right now. If you meet a new friend, you would definitely mention "E people" and "I people" within the first few sentences of your conversation. The "E" and "I" refer to the MBTI personality types: Extroversion and Introversion. For some reason, the sixteen perso...

Glass heart, thick skin and language learning？玻璃心、厚脸皮与语言学习(bō lí xīn, hòu liǎn pí yǔ yǔ yán xué xí）- Chinese learning podcast【Ep27】 13.08.2024 8:08

Welcome back! Today we'll talk about two Chinese idioms that describe personality traits and are also relevant to language learning: 玻璃心 (bōlí xīn) and 厚脸皮 (hòu liǎnpí). 玻璃心 literally translates to "glass heart," meaning a heart that is so fragile it shatters easily. This term describes someone who is too sensitive, emotionally vulnerable, and easily hurt. In contrast, the o...

Hiking backpack! Why didn’t I discover such a great thing earlier!?!登山包！为什么我之前没发现这么好的东西！(dēng shān bāo ！wéi shén me wǒ zhī qián méi fā xiàn zhè me hǎo de dōng xi！）- Chinese learning podcast-Plog【Ep26】 06.08.2024 6:38

About my recent exploration of hiking bags. 📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 🔖🔖My online class: 【level 1】 Nicole's Chinese Mandarin for the Real World 2024 https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/level-1 【20% off: Y0G5...

Short-term Consumerism vs. Long-term Consumerism 短期主义消费观和长期主义消费观（Duǎnqí zhǔyì xiāofèi guān hé chángqí zhǔyì xiāofèi guān）- Chinese learning podcast【Ep25】 03.08.2024 5:58

Do you prefer buying bargain goods that you can use for a while and then replace, or do you like purchasing high-quality, more expensive items that last longer? 📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ My online class: 【level 1】 Nicole&#...

When we hang with friends, what do we like to do? 我们和朋友们出去玩的时候，喜欢玩什么呢？(wǒmen hé péngyǒumen chūqù wán de shíhou, xǐhuān wán shénme ne?)- Chinese learning podcast【Ep24】 29.07.2024 7:41

In the last episode, we talked about toys that adults still love even though they are typically associated with children. This time let s talk about what we enjoyed doing when we hang out with friends in 2024. 📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More cont...

As an adult, what toys do you find irresistible? 作为一个大人，让你没有抵抗力的玩具是什么呢？（ Zuòwéi yīgè dàrén, ràng nǐ méiyǒu dǐkàng lì de wánjù shì shénme ne? ）- Chinese learning podcast【Ep23】 27.07.2024 6:03

Toys are often associated with children, but as adults, we can also find ourselves irresistibly drawn to many toys, such as Lego and collectible figures—so, what toys can you simply not resist? 📝📒 The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ ⛳️📖M...

The most unacceptable behaviours in relationship-情感中最不能接受的行为-情感中最不能接受的行为-Qínggǎn zhōng zuì bù néng jiēshòu de xíngwéi- Chinese learning podcast【Ep22】 25.07.2024 4:20

Today, we are going to talk about the most unacceptable behaviours in relationship. The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️【⁠Newsletter⁠】：https://substack.com/@nicolechinese?utm_source=edit-profile-page 📽️📺【⁠Youtube⁠】：https://www.yo...

ROI applies in everyday life-生活中的投资回报率-shēng huó zhōng de tóu zī huí bào lǜ-Chinese learning podcast【Ep21】 23.07.2024 5:27

We talked about a financial term sunk cost. Today, we are going to discuss another financial term 'return on investment' ROI. Of course, we will still be focusing on how this term applies in everyday life and relationships. The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/tra...

NPD in life 生活中的NPD shēng huó zhōng de NPD--Chinese learning podcast【Ep20】 20.07.2024 5:27

The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here ⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️【⁠Newsletter⁠】：https://substack.com/@nicolechinese?utm_source=edit-profile-page 📽️📺【⁠Youtube⁠】：https://www.youtube.com/@nicolechinese

My recent life in the UK: Rain rain rain and rain!!!🌧下不完的雨和混乱的四季（xià bù wán de yǔ ，hùn luàn de sì jì)--Chinese learning podcast【Ep19】 18.07.2024 5:22

This episode is a share about my recent life, so i will call it a plog. This year, the uk is said to have had the coldest summer in twenty four years. I even leave the fireplace and turn down the heating in July, which is quite ridiculous. translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️...

A financial term ‘sunk cost’ in everyday life-金融词汇“沉默成本”的日常用法 jīn róng cí huì “chén mò chéng běn” de rì cháng yòng fǎ-Chinese learning podcast【Ep18】 16.07.2024 4:06

Today we are going to talk about a financial term ‘sunk cost’. But i will discuss how we applies in everyday life. The free script with Pinyin and English translation of this content is available on my website. Click here⁠⁠ to get it: https://nicolechinese.thinkific.com/courses/transcript More content ⤵️⤵️⤵️ 📮✉️【⁠Newsletter⁠】：https://substack.com/@nicolechinese?utm_source=edit-profile-page 📽️...