Learning Chinese through Stories

Story explanation of 3.2.10《除夕夜，我在武汉》 Welcome to our new Patrons: Jonathan Erwin-Frank, Michael Fulton, Stevia Gunawan, Elise Chang, Lisa Bolin, Guy Norman, Daniel Nelle, Ryan Lloyd, Howard Anderson, and Dennis Jiang !! Thank you! Words fall short when we try to express our sincerest gratitude for your support.  Please introduce yourself @ https://www.patreon.com/posts/33867685   Check o...

A taxi driver tells of life under lockdown on Chinese New Year's Eve.    We are 6 patrons away from our goal of 200 patrons . If you think our podcast is valuable to you and other Chinese learners,  become our patron for as low as $5/month. You will have access to all our podcasts ( including patrons-only episodes), transcripts and vocabulary lists.      Are you already a listener? Leaving the sho...

Story explanation for 3.1.8 《丑小鸭》 Welcome to our new patrons：Dan Radice, Andrew Huang, Ofer Grossman, Alexander Jeremijenko, Noah Sachs, Magnus Bjerke, Tomer Abraham. Please introduce yourself @ https://www.patreon.com/posts/33867685   Support us on Patreon to access the full episode, color-coded transcript with pinyin, and a curated vocabulary list.   Are you already a listener? Leaving the...

A little bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight, he matures into a beautiful swan. We learned this tale when we were in elementary school. And it's still one of our favorites. Lauren, you reminded us that we never finished this episode on 《丑小鸭》. Thank you for your kindness. Stay tuned for the story explanation.  Welcome to our new patro...

An ancient Chinese farmer was so eager to grow the rice plant that he decided to pull up the seedlings.  We need your help! Please consider supporting us on Patreon to access the full episode, transcript, and vocabulary for this story. Welcome to our new patrons: Amy, Mark, Michael, and Anna !!   Are you already a listener? Leaving the show  a review on iTunes  will help more people find the podca...

Welcome to our new Patrons: Ban, Doug, Erik, Rahul, Sebastian, Yamid, and Richard!  Please introduce yourself on our patron page. https://www.patreon.com/posts/poll-jie-shao-he-33867685 We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! !   Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more peop...

Nursery Rhyme- Little Dragonfly- Novice Mid Welcome to our new Patrons ! Beibei , Efstathios, Tori, Etienne, Kent and Ryan !   Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Become our patrons  and check out the full episode, transcript, and vocabulary for this story. Are you already a listener? Leaving the show  a revi...

Long time ago, a scholar by the name of Dongguo was stopped by an injured wolf, which begged him to save its life from pursuing hunters. However...     Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Become our patrons  and check out the full episode, transcript, and vocabulary for this story. Are you already a listener?...

A special episode for  Chinese New Year!  You will definitely hear this song when walking on the street during the Chinese New Year. Thanks to our 169 Patrons, we are making this episode free to everyone. We wish everyone to have a peaceful and prosperous year! 戚建波 曲                                    车行  词 找点 空闲 找点时间 领 着孩子 常回家看看 带上 笑容  带上 祝愿 陪同爱人  常回家看看 妈...

Classic fairy tale-Little Bunny, retold by us for Novice and above learners. Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Become our patrons  and check out the full episode, transcript, and vocabulary for this story. Are you already a listener? Leaving the show  a review on iTunes  will help more people find the podca...

One of the most well-known Chinese Nursery Rhyme- Find a friend. It's never too late to make a new friend or reconnect with an old friend. Happy New Year! 找朋友 作词：林绿 作曲：林绿 找呀 找 呀 zhǎo yā zhǎo yā 找 朋友 zhǎo péngyou  找到一个 好 朋友 zhǎodào yīge hǎopéngyou 敬 个 礼 jìng ge lǐ 握 握手 wòwo shǒu 你是我的好朋友 nǐ shì Wǒ de hǎopéngyou 再见 zàijiàn   找呀 找 呀 zhǎo yā zhǎo yā 找 朋友...

Explanation of 2.2.31A《给母亲洗手的年轻人》 We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Become our patrons and check out vocabulary and transcript! h https://www.patreon.com/posts/32368610 For anyone that is in...

在这一期节目里，我们聊了聊我们自己圣诞节的经历。 希望大家喜欢！ In this episode, we chatted about our experience with Christmas growing up in China.  We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Becoming our patr...

A young man went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. 一名成绩 优秀 的年轻人去 申请 一个大公司的 经理职位 。他 通过 了第一 轮 的 面试 ， 董事长 做最后的面试，做最后的 决定 。 Yī míng chéngjì yōuxiù de niánqīng rén qù shēnqǐng yī ge dàgōngsī de jīnglǐ zhíwèi . Tā tōngguò le dì yī lún de miànshì , dǒngshìzhǎng zuò zuìhòu de miànshì , zuò zuìhòu de juédìng .   董事长从这个年轻人的 简...

Explanation of 2.3.16A《做饭点外卖—哪个更划算》 We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese learning podcasts for more people around the world? Become our patrons and check out vocabulary and transcript ! h https://www.patreon.com/posts/32142887 For anyone that i...

Cook at home or Order delivery ? Which one do you choose ? 在一二线城市工作的人，大多习惯了在饭点时打开订餐APP叫个外卖，知道哪家店的外卖便当特别好吃，哪家店送餐速度特别快，若是想吃清淡的点哪家，想吃重口味的叫哪家……不管你是在办公室里加班到深夜，还是回家饥肠辘辘嗷嗷待哺，只要掏出手机，等待几十分钟，就能吃到热腾腾的饭菜。 Zài yī èrxiàn chéngshì gōngzuò de rén , dàduō xíguàn le zài fàn diǎn shí dǎkāi...

After dropping their daughter at her boarding school after 16 years... What are on the parents' mind ?   Check out our most recent podcast, which is based on the first episode of the TV show 《少年派》. The dialogue is from  8:04-8:40 in the first episode. 女儿：嘿嘿嘿 n ü'er ： hēi hēi hēi 爸爸：慢点，别那么毛毛糙糙的。 bà bà ： màn diǎn ， bié nà me máo máo cāo cāo de 。 保安：送君千里终有一别啊...

The other day, I read the poem'My Father's Back' by Edward Hirsch. It reminded me of < 背影The sight of father's back > by Zhu Ziqing, the most widely known prose describing the relationship between a father and son. We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help create more authentic Chinese le...

爱的代价The cost of love- one of the top songs written and sung by Jonathan Lee李宗胜. Been hailed as the "million-dollar" producer, and deemed as the Godfather of Mandopop music, Joanthan lee wrote and produced many classic hits popular until today.   We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and h...

The original story of how Mulan disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father from being drafted to the army, from which Disney produced the movie Mulan.   We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help bring more authentic Chinese learning podcasts to more people around the wo...

 The original story of how Mulan disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father from being drafted to the army, from which Disney produced the movie Mulan.   We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our thanks to every last one of you! ! Want to join our adventuring party and help bring more authentic Chinese learning podcasts to more people around the w...

在这期节目里，我们聊到了80年代最经典的一首歌— 《外面的世界 》。他也是歌手兼创作人的齐秦最为流行的一首代表作。 Today we are bringing a special episode just for our patrons-  "Outside World"    a classic from singer & songwriter Chyi Chin 齐秦. We chatted about the history behind the song, its yearning and deep poignancy.     We couldn't do it without the help of all our wonderful Patrons, so our th...

With more than 25 million records sold as of 2003, Jacky Cheung  is regarded as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" and has been deemed the "God of Songs" of Hong Kong. 她来听我的演唱会 词: 梁文福 曲: 黄明洲 她来听我的 演唱会 在十七岁的 初恋 第一次约会 男孩为了她 彻夜 排队 半年的 积蓄 买了门票一对 我唱得她心 醉     我唱得她心 碎 三年的感情一封信就要收回 她记得 月台 汽笛声声在 催 播我的歌陪着人们流泪...

Are you gonna buy iPhone 11 ? #新iPhone于9月13日开始接受预订#外媒援引自一位苹果供应商人士的消息显示，苹果新款iPhone 11系列产品将于9月13日星期五开始接受预订，并在一周后的9月20日陆陆续续开始向预定客户发货。那么，你会买今年的新iPhone么？    我觉得不好看，不买 ，其实是太穷了，买不起 — 盐橙味奶盖   这就是大家 期待已久 的iPhone 11，大家觉得如何？感觉 肾 保住了！ — 盐城米老板   这个 摄像头 的 设计 真的不...

"I am just a little bird"–one of Zhaochuan's biggest hit from 1990, yet one of the all-time top songs.  我是一只小小鸟 wǒ shì yī zhī xiǎo xiǎo niǎo  词：李宗盛 cí ： lǐ zōng shèng  曲：李宗盛 qū ： lǐ zōng shèng  演唱：赵传 yǎn chàng ： zhào chuán  有时候我觉得自己yǒu shí hòu wǒ jué dé zì jǐ  像一只小小鸟xiàng yī zhī xiǎo xiǎo niǎo  想要飞 xiǎng yào fēi  却怎么样也飞不高què zěn me yàng yě fēi bù g...