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Learning Chinese

STREET TALK

Living the Dream

Slang for the idle dreamers of the internet

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

April 26, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Selling Out

Making product recommendations is a science of its own

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 21, 2020

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 风

A character of ever-changing fortunes

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 23, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Sweet Nothings

How to flatter, cajole, and give compliments like a pro

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 2, 2020

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 摇

A character for when you need to shake things up

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 21, 2020

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 养

A character to care for and cherish

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 19, 2019

STREET TALK

Shirking 9 to 5

From “stroking fish” to “buying soy sauce,” TWOC presents slang for slacking

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 16, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Royal Roast

Learn the flowery lingo of China’s popular palatial conspiracy shows

Dec. 1, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Romantic Ramblings

Singles Day isn’t just about the sales

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Nov. 14, 2019

LANGUAGE

Psychiatric Speech

A guide to Chinese vocabulary for mental illness

Oct. 10, 2019

STREET TALK

Tube Troops

TV addiction now has its own slang

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Oct. 4, 2019

TECHNOLOGY

Walled-Off: Pinyin Input

Third-party input systems for typing in Chinese

Oct. 3, 2019

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