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Elementary | Open the Trunk!

November 9, 2026 · 15 min

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Whether you're a tourist with a plethora of heavy bags or a mafia gangster with some relatively sensitive cargo, it's important to be able to ask the driver to open the trunk of a car. Today's lesson will teach you how to say this highly useful phrase in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1926

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