Learning Chinese through Stories
- Episodes
- 404
- Released
- every two weeks
- Latest episode
- Oct 26, 2026
About the podcast
Using more than 99% target language, LCTS听故事说中文 creates authentic and immersive Chinese language podcast. It covers a wide range of topics and proficiency levels(Novice, Intermediate, Advanced). Every story has two parts: story (A) and story explanation (B), accompanied by annotated vocabulary and transcript. For example, an episode titled "2.3.12 A" means this episode is at the level of Intermediate High (2.3), is the 12th episode created for this level, and is the story, not story explanation. You can also read along with the stories and explanations by becoming our patrons.
Episodes 404
3.1.31B《不向命运低头的人》 Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's story is about Cai Lei, a man who was diagnosed with ALS — known in …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's story is about Cai Lei, a man who was diagnosed with ALS — known in Chinese as 渐冻症(jiàn dòng zhèng), literally "the freezing disease" — and chose not to quietly disappear. Before his diagnosis, he was a successful businessman. Afterward, he became something harder to define: a patient who threw himself into funding research, building platforms, pushing policy, and demanding that the world pay attention to a disease it had largely ignored. It's a story about what it looks like to face the unfaceable — not with grace, but with grit. - Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.32B《什么是"登"》 Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's story is about a word that's been quietly spreading across the …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's story is about a word that's been quietly spreading across the Chinese internet — 登. It's a slang term that's hard to translate directly, but you'll recognize the type of person it describes: someone who leans on their experience or status to tell others what to do, who'd rather lecture than listen, and who turns a conversation into a one-way street. It's not really about age. Plenty of young people get teased for having 登味 too — those moments when we catch ourselves being a little too rigid, or judging others by our own standards without realizing it. At its heart, this story is about how people communicate — and what it looks like when respect and curiosity replace authority and judgment. Swap "I want" for "what do you think," and "let me test you" for "teach me something" — and the world, as the author puts it, becomes a little bit better.
- Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.32A《什么是"登"》 Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's story is about a word that's been quietly spreading across the …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's story is about a word that's been quietly spreading across the Chinese internet — 登. It's a slang term that's hard to translate directly, but you'll recognize the type of person it describes: someone who leans on their experience or status to tell others what to do, who'd rather lecture than listen, and who turns a conversation into a one-way street. It's not really about age. Plenty of young people get teased for having 登味 too — those moments when we catch ourselves being a little too rigid, or judging others by our own standards without realizing it. At its heart, this story is about how people communicate — and what it looks like when respect and curiosity replace authority and judgment. Swap "I want" for "what do you think," and "let me test you" for "teach me something" — and the world, as the author puts it, becomes a little bit better.
- Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.31A《不向命运低头的人》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's story is about Cai Lei, a man who was diagnosed with ALS — known in …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's story is about Cai Lei, a man who was diagnosed with ALS — known in Chinese as 渐冻症(jiàn dòng zhèng), literally "the freezing disease" — and chose not to quietly disappear. Before his diagnosis, he was a successful businessman. Afterward, he became something harder to define: a patient who threw himself into funding research, building platforms, pushing policy, and demanding that the world pay attention to a disease it had largely ignored. It's a story about what it looks like to face the unfaceable — not with grace, but with grit. - Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
2.3.36A《喜欢开车的杨先生》Story Walkthrough
In this week's story walkthrough, we meet 杨先生 — a man who loved driving so much that he didn't hand over the keys until he was 85. Through a series of close calls on Hong Kong's narrow mountain passes, a …
Show notes
In this week's story walkthrough, we meet 杨先生 — a man who loved driving so much that he didn't hand over the keys until he was 85. Through a series of close calls on Hong Kong's narrow mountain passes, a near-disaster on 大帽山, and an ancient car that refused to retire, we get a window into a relationship built on adventure, laughter, and the kind of quiet courage that comes from trusting someone completely.
This walkthrough explores the story entirely in Chinese. Along the way, you'll pick up vocabulary like 如履薄冰, 硬着头皮, 心有余悸, and 初生牛犊不怕虎 — all in the context of real, memorable moments that make them easy to remember. 如履薄冰 — A one-lane road, no guardrails, a sheer drop on one side. No room to turn back. This is what 如履薄冰 feels like in real life.
硬着头皮 — Sometimes you're already halfway up the mountain before you realize you're terrified. That's exactly when you have to 硬着头皮 and keep going. 心有余悸 — She hit the accelerator instead of the brake. The car lurched toward the cliff. The people nearby screamed. Years later, she still feels it — 心有余悸. 初生牛犊不怕虎 — She had just gotten her license. He said: let's drive to the top of the mountain. She said yes. 初生牛犊不怕虎.
- Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
2.3.36A《喜欢开车的杨先生》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's story is a memoir about Mr. Yang (Yang Zhenning), an elderly man …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's story is a memoir about Mr. Yang (Yang Zhenning), an elderly man who loved driving well into his eighties, and the writer (his wife) who eventually took over behind the wheel. It's full of small, vivid moments: driving on the wrong side of the road in Hong Kong, an air conditioner that died mid-mountain on a sweltering day, a terrifying near-miss on the edge of a cliff on Tai Mo Shan, and a stubborn old man who never seemed to worry about any of it.
But underneath the close calls and the laughs, there's something quieter going on — about getting older, about who takes the wheel when, and about the simple joy of exploring the hills and trails of Hong Kong together. It's a story about adventure, trust, and the kind of memories that get funnier the longer you carry them.
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
2.3.37 B《从小镇跑向世界的大谷翔平》 Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's episode is about one of the most extraordinary athletes of our time …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's episode is about one of the most extraordinary athletes of our time — Shohei Ohtani. But we're not starting with his record-breaking stats or his World Series moments. We're going back much further than that — to a quiet town in Iwate, Japan, where a young boy would throw a baseball against a wall for hours, just to hear it bounce back. This story is told in natural, flowing Chinese, and it's a beautiful one. Let's get into it.
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
2.3.37A 《从小镇跑向世界的大谷翔平》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's episode is about one of the most extraordinary athletes of our time …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's episode is about one of the most extraordinary athletes of our time — Shohei Ohtani. But we're not starting with his record-breaking stats or his World Series moments. We're going back much further than that — to a quiet town in Iwate, Japan, where a young boy would throw a baseball against a wall for hours, just to hear it bounce back. This story is told in natural, flowing Chinese, and it's a beautiful one. Let's get into it.
- Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast
Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.2.21B《失眠的人》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're talking about something so many of us can relate to: tossing …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're talking about something so many of us can relate to: tossing and turning in the middle of the night. We'll follow the story of Chen Mo. On paper, she has the perfect life—a high-level corporate job, a happy family, and a beautiful home. Even her bosses constantly praise her. Yet, sleep completely evades her.
After ruling out all the usual suspects like grief, job insecurity, or family drama, a breakthrough with a therapist reveals a hidden culprit. It turns out, her biggest stressor isn't her actual workload, but her own relentless perfectionism and the exhausting, self-imposed pressure to be flawless.
Let's dive into her story, explore this modern dilemma, and learn some great vocabulary along the way!
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.2.21A《失眠的人》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're talking about something so many of us can relate to: tossing …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're talking about something so many of us can relate to: tossing and turning in the middle of the night. We'll follow the story of Chen Mo. On paper, she has the perfect life—a high-level corporate job, a happy family, and a beautiful home. Even her bosses constantly praise her. Yet, sleep completely evades her.
After ruling out all the usual suspects like grief, job insecurity, or family drama, a breakthrough with a therapist reveals a hidden culprit. It turns out, her biggest stressor isn't her actual workload, but her own relentless perfectionism and the exhausting, self-imposed pressure to be flawless.
Let's dive into her story, explore this modern dilemma, and learn some great vocabulary along the way!
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.30B《称体重背后的故事》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're talking about champion diver Quan Hongchan. While fans …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're talking about champion diver Quan Hongchan. While fans celebrated her recent gold medal, many noticed how visibly thin she's become. Behind her flawless dives is a grueling, almost heartbreaking battle with the scale.
We'll explore the extreme discipline required to stay at the top at just 17 years old—like stressing over 50 grams of water and giving up everyday joys like fried chicken or a simple sip of cola. But this isn't just a sports story. It's a relatable reflection on how we so often tie our own self-worth to numbers, and a gentle reminder to appreciate the simple freedoms we take for granted. Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.30A《称体重背后的故事》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're talking about champion diver Quan Hongchan. While fans …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're talking about champion diver Quan Hongchan. While fans celebrated her recent gold medal, many noticed how visibly thin she's become. Behind her flawless dives is a grueling, almost heartbreaking battle with the scale.
We'll explore the extreme discipline required to stay at the top at just 17 years old—like stressing over 50 grams of water and giving up everyday joys like fried chicken or a simple sip of cola. But this isn't just a sports story. It's a relatable reflection on how we so often tie our own self-worth to numbers, and a gentle reminder to appreciate the simple freedoms we take for granted. Rui & Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.29B《业绩下滑的老板们，用AI监控员工》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Have you ever felt like someone was watching you? For Pipi, a 32-year-old …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Have you ever felt like someone was watching you? For Pipi, a 32-year-old working in Beijing, that feeling became a literal reality overnight. Her company, struggling with declining profits, decided to install high-tech AI surveillance—cameras that don't just record video, but analyze exactly how long you're at your desk and even if you look like you're daydreaming.
Management hoped this "digital boss" would spark a new wave of productivity. Instead, the office went silent. Genuine collaboration was replaced by anxiety and a quiet, collective resistance known as "lying flat."
In today's episode, we follow Pipi as she navigates an environment where trust has been replaced by algorithms. It's a fascinating look at the modern workplace, the limits of technology, and the universal human need for dignity.
Let's dive into the story and see why Pipi believes that true efficiency can't be forced by a camera.
—Rui and Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
************************************************************
Check out our playlists on Spotify
Chinese for Intermediate-Playlist
Chinese for Intermediate High-Playlist
3.1.29A《业绩下滑的老板们，用AI监控员工》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Have you ever felt like someone was watching you? For Pipi, a 32-year-old …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Have you ever felt like someone was watching you? For Pipi, a 32-year-old working in Beijing, that feeling became a literal reality overnight. Her company, struggling with declining profits, decided to install high-tech AI surveillance—cameras that don't just record video, but analyze exactly how long you're at your desk and even if you look like you're daydreaming.
Management hoped this "digital boss" would spark a new wave of productivity. Instead, the office went silent. Genuine collaboration was replaced by anxiety and a quiet, collective resistance known as "lying flat."
In today's episode, we follow Pipi as she navigates an environment where trust has been replaced by algorithms. It's a fascinating look at the modern workplace, the limits of technology, and the universal human need for dignity.
Let's dive into the story and see why Pipi believes that true efficiency can't be forced by a camera.
—Rui and Simeng
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
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* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
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Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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2.3.35B《安静地，把每一球投好》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. In today's episode, we are diving into the world of sports, but we aren't …
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
In today's episode, we are diving into the world of sports, but we aren't talking about loud personalities or flashy headlines. Instead, we're looking at Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pitcher who redefined success through quiet persistence.
Yamamoto wasn't the tallest or the most physically imposing player on the field. In fact, many underestimated him early on. But while others relied on raw power, Yamamoto relied on something arguably more difficult to master: precision and emotional discipline. From his humble beginnings in Okayama to the high-stakes mounds of Major League Baseball, his journey is a masterclass in how to handle pressure without saying a word.
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2.3.35A《安静地，把每一球投好》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. In today's episode, we are diving into the world of sports, but we aren't …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
In today's episode, we are diving into the world of sports, but we aren't talking about loud personalities or flashy headlines. Instead, we're looking at Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a pitcher who redefined success through quiet persistence.
Yamamoto wasn't the tallest or the most physically imposing player on the field. In fact, many underestimated him early on. But while others relied on raw power, Yamamoto relied on something arguably more difficult to master: precision and emotional discipline. From his humble beginnings in Okayama to the high-stakes mounds of Major League Baseball, his journey is a masterclass in how to handle pressure without saying a word.
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
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2.3.34B《天才》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. This week, we've got a powerful, satirical story about a young man who is …
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
This week, we've got a powerful, satirical story about a young man who is, quite literally, a "testing genius."
He did everything right: top student every single year, culminating in scoring the highest in the province on the college entrance exam—the Zhuangyuan. But his success came at a cost. His life was completely mapped out by his high-achieving parents, treating him more like a project than a person.
The heart-wrenching twist comes after the final exam. When his mother finally offers him freedom—TV, games, going out—he can only stare blankly and reply: "没意思" (méi yìsi), "It's boring."
Join us as we explore this story about an exam-obsessed culture and the devastating moment a mind brilliant at tests loses the ability to live. Comment below and share with us your thoughts. Btw, did you tell the difference on the sound quality ? 😊 Simeng
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
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2.3.34A《天才》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. This week, we've got a powerful, satirical story about a young man who is …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
This week, we've got a powerful, satirical story about a young man who is, quite literally, a "testing genius."
He did everything right: top student every single year, culminating in scoring the highest in the province on the college entrance exam—the Zhuangyuan. But his success came at a cost. His life was completely mapped out by his high-achieving parents, treating him more like a project than a person.
The heart-wrenching twist comes after the final exam. When his mother finally offers him freedom—TV, games, going out—he can only stare blankly and reply: "没意思" (méi yìsi), "It's boring."
Join us as we explore this story about an exam-obsessed culture and the devastating moment a mind brilliant at tests loses the ability to live. Comment below and share with us your thoughts. Btw, did you tell the difference on the sound quality ? 😊 Simeng
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
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2.3.32A《妈妈为什么要打工》 Story walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. In today's episode, we're sharing a deeply moving and personal account from …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
In today's episode, we're sharing a deeply moving and personal account from a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu in 2014, focusing on the lives of migrant women workers—who are also mothers. down her face as she writes. What she wrote was a heartbreaking, tightly-packed letter explaining one thing: "Why does mom have to go out to work?"
And as always, we'd love to hear your thoughts!
Share your comments, questions, or favorite parts of the episode with us.
-LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
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2.3.32A《妈妈为什么要打工》 Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. In today's episode, we're sharing a deeply moving and personal account from …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
In today's episode, we're sharing a deeply moving and personal account from a factory in Kunshan, Jiangsu in 2014, focusing on the lives of migrant women workers—who are also mothers. down her face as she writes. What she wrote was a heartbreaking, tightly-packed letter explaining one thing: "Why does mom have to go out to work?"
And as always, we'd love to hear your thoughts!
Share your comments, questions, or favorite parts of the episode with us.
-LCTS
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Support Our Podcast → https://www.patreon.com/learningchinesethroughstories
If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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3.1.28A《以自己的方式成长》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're sharing the incredible true story of a young man named Tong …
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're sharing the incredible true story of a young man named Tong Haoran. At just 24, he's a photographer who, along with his friends, customized a Ford Mustang race car from scratch and became the first team from mainland China to ever complete the world-famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He even documented the entire journey in a film.
But this isn't just a story about success. It's about a young man who, at 14, dropped out of middle school after a difficult period of feeling lost and isolated. He found his way back to himself through his passion for mechanics and photography, all with the unwavering support of his mother.
Join us as we explore Tong Haoran's inspiring journey and learn some useful Chinese vocabulary along the way.
-LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
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3.1.28A《以自己的方式成长》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we're sharing the incredible true story of a young man named Tong …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today, we're sharing the incredible true story of a young man named Tong Haoran. At just 24, he's a photographer who, along with his friends, customized a Ford Mustang race car from scratch and became the first team from mainland China to ever complete the world-famous Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He even documented the entire journey in a film.
But this isn't just a story about success. It's about a young man who, at 14, dropped out of middle school after a difficult period of feeling lost and isolated. He found his way back to himself through his passion for mechanics and photography, all with the unwavering support of his mother.
Join us as we explore Tong Haoran's inspiring journey and learn some useful Chinese vocabulary along the way.
-LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
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3.3.28B《逃出美容院后》 Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's episode takes us on a journey that starts with a simple metro …
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's episode takes us on a journey that starts with a simple metro station drop-off and spirals into an unexpected encounter with the world of beauty salons. Our storyteller shares a vivid and relatable experience of being drawn into a sales pitch, navigating the fine line between politeness and personal boundaries, and reflecting on the subtle ways external opinions can shape our self-perception. Along the way, we'll explore themes of societal beauty standards, consumer psychology, and the art of saying "no" in a culture that values harmony. As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts! Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? Share your experiences and leave your comments. -LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
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* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
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3.3.28A《逃出美容院后》 Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today's episode takes us on a journey that starts with a simple metro …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency.
Today's episode takes us on a journey that starts with a simple metro station drop-off and spirals into an unexpected encounter with the world of beauty salons. Our storyteller shares a vivid and relatable experience of being drawn into a sales pitch, navigating the fine line between politeness and personal boundaries, and reflecting on the subtle ways external opinions can shape our self-perception. Along the way, we'll explore themes of societal beauty standards, consumer psychology, and the art of saying "no" in a culture that values harmony. As always, we'd love to hear your thoughts! Have you ever found yourself in a similar situation? Share your experiences and leave your comments. -LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
Not ready to join? Our free Discord is open to every listener — come say hi!
💬 Join our free community on Discord → https://discord.gg/km3GgzCe3J
Your support means the world to us and lets us keep delivering the content you love. Thank you for being part of our community! 💖 — LCTS
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3.3.27B《阿诗玛》Story Walkthrough
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we bring you the timeless tale of 阿诗玛, a story of love, resilience …
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Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we bring you the timeless tale of 阿诗玛, a story of love, resilience, and sacrifice set in the breathtaking landscapes of Yunnan. 阿诗玛, a beautiful and talented young woman, grows up in a humble family, her voice and spirit captivating all who meet her. Her love story with the brave and skilled 阿黑 blossoms amidst challenges, but their happiness is short-lived. When a powerful landlord's son sets his sights on 阿诗玛, her life takes a dramatic turn. What follows is a tale of courage, loyalty, and the unyielding fight for love and justice. Join us as we explore the beauty and tragedy of 阿诗玛's journey, and discover why her voice still echoes in the stone forests of Yunnan. Special thanks to 杜雁子老师, our wonderful cohost for this episode, whose insights and storytelling bring this tale to life. We'd love to hear your thoughts on this episode! Share your comments and let us know how this story resonates with you. Happy listening! - LCTS
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
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3.3.27A《阿诗玛》Story
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we bring you the timeless tale of 阿诗玛, a story of love, resilience …
Show notes
Welcome to 听故事说中文, the podcast where stories come alive to help you improve your Chinese language proficiency and cultural competency. Today, we bring you the timeless tale of 阿诗玛, a story of love, resilience, and sacrifice set in the breathtaking landscapes of Yunnan. 阿诗玛, a beautiful and talented young woman, grows up in a humble family, her voice and spirit captivating all who meet her. Her love story with the brave and skilled 阿黑 blossoms amidst challenges, but their happiness is short-lived. When a powerful landlord's son sets his sights on 阿诗玛, her life takes a dramatic turn. What follows is a tale of courage, loyalty, and the unyielding fight for love and justice.
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If our podcast brings value to your life and you'd like to help us keep creating great content, consider becoming a patron for as little as $9 a month. As a patron, you'll enjoy:
* ✨ Ad-free episodes for an uninterrupted listening experience
* 📜 Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts
* 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary lists
* 📖 Our LCTS Favorites ebook + RealLife Chinese for Beginners podcast
* 💬 Our members' Discord community + a monthly study challenge
* 🎥 Monthly live meetup with us (一份火锅 tier)
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宁愿......也不......Conjunction for Choices(5)
宁愿+ option A, 也不 + option B is used to express that someone would rather choose A than B, even if A is not perfect. It highlights a deliberate preference for one option over another. It emphasizes the speaker's …
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宁愿+ option A, 也不 + option B is used to express that someone would rather choose A than B, even if A is not perfect. It highlights a deliberate preference for one option over another. It emphasizes the speaker's strong preference for A while firmly rejecting B. The tone often conveys determination, personal values, or reasoning behind the preference.
Be sure to check out our Conjunction Collection to catch up on the previous 8 episodes that focused on Coordination Conjunctions. These episodes are packed with insights and real-life examples to help you master their usage. ************************************************************
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不是......就是......Conjunction for Choices(4)
不是......就是...... means "If it's not A, then it's B" or "It must be either A or B."It reflects a binary choice, emphasizing that one of the two options will definitely happen or is true. Be sure to check out our …
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不是......就是...... means "If it's not A, then it's B" or "It must be either A or B."It reflects a binary choice, emphasizing that one of the two options will definitely happen or is true.
Be sure to check out our Conjunction Collection to catch up on the previous 8 episodes that focused on Coordination Conjunctions. These episodes are packed with insights and real-life examples to help you master their usage. ************************************************************
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是......还是......Conjunction for Choices(3)
是......还是......(shi……haishi…… ) 是...还是 is used to ask a question where the speaker is offering two choices. It translates to "Is it... or...?" in English. 还是VS 或者 还是 is used in questions to present choices. 或者 …
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是......还是......(shi……haishi…… )
是...还是 is used to ask a question where the speaker is offering two choices. It translates to "Is it... or...?" in English.
还是VS 或者
还是 is used in questions to present choices.
或者 is used in statements to indicate possibilities.
Be sure to check out our Conjunction Collection to catch up on the previous 8 episodes that focused on Coordination Conjunctions. These episodes are packed with insights and real-life examples to help you master their usage. ************************************************************
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- 📜Access to all story and story walkthrough transcripts.
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要么......要么......Conjunction for Choices(2)
The structure "要么...要么..." (yàome... yàome...) is a conjunction in Chinese used to express exclusive choices. It highlights a situation where the speaker must choose one option from two or more possibilities …
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The structure "要么...要么..." (yàome... yàome...) is a conjunction in Chinese used to express exclusive choices. It highlights a situation where the speaker must choose one option from two or more possibilities, with the implication that only one choice can be made. Distinction Between 要么...要么... and 或者...或者... 要么...要么...Exclusive Choices: One must choose between the options. Implies mutual exclusivity: Choosing one excludes the others. 或者...或者...Neutral Options: Simply lists possibilities without requiring a choice. Does not imply exclusivity: More than one option can be valid.
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