Mona and I discuss my theory that students of ANY language should read Haruki Murakami's novels.

Starting at 17:26, I explain the following vocabulary from the episode:

to get a feel for (something)
on the one hand; on the other hand
down to earth

As always, a full transcript of the episode can be found at www.american-idiom.com

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013 - Why Language Learners Should Read Haruki Murakami

Chinese is not simple, but these words are suitable for beginners
Rich
yǒu qián
有钱
Poor
méi qián
没钱
Deposit money
cún qián
存钱
Spend money
huā qián
花钱


HSK vocabulary

HSK——daily Chinese for beginner

Chinese is not simple, but these words are suitable for beginners
Price
jià qián
价钱
Make money
zhuàn qián
赚钱
Borrow money
jiè qián
借钱
Wallet
qián bāo
钱包


HSK——daily Chinese for Beginner

Chinese is not simple, but these words are suitable for beginners——daily Chinese for beginner

HSK vocabulary——Tone Sandhi of“一(yī)”

also    也
It's not hot either    也不热
It's not cold either  也不冷 
It's neither cold nor hot today.   今天不冷也不热。

HSK vocabulary——也

most  最
The best,  最好     
the most beautiful,   最漂亮    
the most liked,   最喜欢     
 the most want to say  最想说
He's my best friend.     他是我最好的朋友。
I like this dress the most.   我最喜欢这件衣服。

HSK vocabulary——最

to think，to feel   觉得     jué de
you think   你觉得 
I think         我觉得
I think it's cold today.    我觉得今天很冷。
I think it's hot today.    我觉得今天很热。
I think it's good.   我觉得很好
What do you think of the weather today?    你觉得今天天气怎么样？
Do you think this dress looks good?     你觉得这件衣服好看吗？
Do you think this bread is delicious?    你觉得这个面包好吃吗？

HSK vocabulary——觉得

  to travel     旅游   lǚ yóu
Where to travel   去哪旅游    
Travel to Beijing去北京旅游 
 Do you like to travel?   你喜欢旅游吗？ 
 I like to travel.我喜欢旅游。
Where do you want to travel? 你想去哪旅游？
I want to travel to Beijing. 我想去北京旅游。
