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Louie the cat, mascot of MaoMi Chinese is introducing his busy day to everyone! Today's podcast is a listening practise-we will go through some key vocabularies together, listen to some questions relevant to the text and then listen to the whole text. This strategy can help to activate our listening and improve our listening skill.  If you would like to see both transcript and translation of...

Have you ever heard about Tomb-sweeping festival? It is a key to understand that why most of Chinese people worship their ancestors instead of believing in religions. Check it out and get some insights into it!  If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show

Today we will talk about some very popular and useful expressions about shopping,  or being more specific, poor and awkward situation after a shopping spree.  If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check on our website: https://maomichinese.com Text me what you think :) Support the show

In today's episode we will listen to the story of Zhang Guimei, who established a school only open for girls from deprived background. Text me what you think :) Support the show

Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese! Today we are going to talk about how Chinese is taught in UK and how well English children can speak Chinese.  When did you start learning Chinese?  No matter when did you start it would never be late. Hope you would feel happy and fun when you are learning Chinese!  If you would like to see both transcript and translation of this podcast, please feel free to check o...

你好！Hello every one! Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese episode 9. Have you listened to some Chinese songs? In today's episode you will listen to the story about Teresa Teng (Deng Lijun), a legend in Chinese music.  Although she passed away in 1995, her songs are still in lots in Chinese people's memory. Let's check it out! I start to put in English translation of the transpript to hel...

你好！nǐ hǎo！Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese! Have you heard about Cantonese? This is a very popular Chinese language as well. It's mostly spoken in Canton, HongKong, Macao and lots of overseas Chinese community. It's also one of my mother tongues! In today's episode you can feel the most direct difference between Cantonese and Mandarin. Let's check it out! I start to put in Eng...

你好！Hello every one! Welcome back to MaoMi Chinese episode 7. You probably know that food is such an important part in Chinese culture, and this is also shown in Chinese language! In this episode I will introduce some very fun and useful idioms and expressions about "eat". Let's check it out! I start to put in English translation of the transpript to help everyone understand it be...

你好 everyone！Happy Chinese New Year！新年快乐！ Our lives have been changed so much due to the pandemic,  and surely I can't be with my family again. This is actually the 4th Chinese New Year when I am not with my family. However, I made some New Year wish, wish all of us a better year than the last one! Text me what you think :) Support the show

你好！！ How are you doing recently? I am having a lock-down insomnia... 我 失眠 了！ But I am not the only one. A Chinese TV NEWS interviewed some Chinese people on the street about their sleeping quality. In today's episode you will also listen to some common and useful expressions about sleep. Let's check it out! Feel free to check the transcript on our website: https://maomichinese.c...

Chinese people are well known for "working hard", but nowadays it seems this quality is crushing down Chinese employees-in some big companies, employees are encouraged (or forced) to follow "996 work schedule": to get to work at 9am, get off work at 9pm, and work 6 days a week. In today's episode I made a short interview with my friend who is very fed up with working overl...

Today's episode is more personal-how did Molly, who used to be a very shy girl, become an international Chinese teacher. Learning a language used to be an upsetting thing for me, especially when I was in school. I used to think maybe I was just not talented enough. But no! Now I understand learning a language is a personal journey, and it will ultimately take you to where you would like to go...

In today's episode we will listen to a female Chinese talkshow artist Yánglì. Her shows, which often challenge and make fun of  sexual discrimination in China,  is going viral among young chinese people.  Useful expressions will be introduced in the episode too! Let's check it out! Text me what you think :) Support the show

We were asked "what's that kitty in your logo". This is the story of him - Mr Louie The Cat, the mascot of MaoMi Chinese. You will also find some useful vocabulary and expressions to describe a pet in Mandarin Chinese. Text me what you think :) Support the show