The sheer volume of language learning advice out there is overwhelming, so why not let us streamline it for you into six highly practical and actionable recommendations?
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The China Simplified team plays with the story of a foreigner messing up the phrase “let’s go out” with surreal consequences. Chū means exit. Jiā means home. If language was...
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The China Simplified team explores Chinese gifting taboos and the tragic (albeit slightly exaggerated) consequences of a guy giving his combustible girlfriend the wrong presents. For example, his first gift...
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The China Simplified team acts out a short comedy showing what might happen if you use the wrong tones for the word 熊猫 xióngmāo (panda). One slip of the tongue and you’ve just...
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The China Simplified team plays around with possible misunderstandings of the common Chinese term 应该没问题 yīnggāi méiwèntí meaning “should be no problem.” This ambiguous term can be interpreted in a...
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In this soon-to-be-released short comedy produced by China Simplified, one of six video trailers for our Language book, we play with what might happen when an unaware foreigner delivers the…
Almost 20% of our planet is Chinese, yet many of the other 80% have little understanding about them. That’s what prompted us to create China Simplified: Language Empowerment, a book…
