Hello everyone. Welcome to my English learning podcast. I'm Kimiya and I teach English and Persian on italki. Today we're focusing on improving your listening skills in English. 

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Do you know what 种草 means? It has nothing to do with plants. 
As you all know, we are in the internet era now. 
So many new jobs are being created, and we also got new words for that. Today let's talk about this interesting word, that relates to our society/culture change. 
Let's check it out...

Example：看了这个美妆博主的推荐，我被种草了。

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Do you know what does ”种草“ mean? It has nothing to do with plants, let's check it out...

Hi, Guys. Thank you all for taking mins to listen to this podcast/ 
Today we talk about how to use active/passive voice in Chinese.
For example, My girlfriend dumped me/我的女朋友甩了我 （Subject+Verb+Object)
                         I was dumped by my girlfriend/我被女朋友甩了（Object+被bei+Subject+Verb)

See, it is very easy, 你学会了吗？ 

Learn passive voice with "被“ in Chinese in one minute, Let's check it out. 

"辣" -la, as the fourth tone, in Chinese, has always been used for talking about food. 
But we also use it to tell an opinion, used in the phrase "辣眼睛“- spicy eyes?  Don't be surprised. Check it out here...


Do you know “辣” spicy  in Chinese can use for telling opinion? haha, Let's check it out.

Chinese people love "熱水“ 並不是一個刻板印象， you have no idea how practical "drink more hot water" is in Chinese conversation :) Let's Check it out :)

Do you know how practical "多喝熱水“ （drink more hot water) in Chinese culture ? Let's check it out:)

Hi, Guys, I bet you all have a driving license. You might be "an old driver" already!!!
But in Chinese, it means something different. Today, we will talk about it. 

比如：your friend (Tom)  is very good at flirting with girls. 
你可以说 ：Tom是一个老司机。 (Tom is an old driver.)

你是个老司机吗？哈哈，欢迎大家来分享！

"Old driver" special meaning in Chinese. Are you an old driver "老司机“ ? Let's talk about it!

大家好，欢迎来到NinjaPanda第一期。我想和大家分享中文的“吃” ”穿“ ”住“ ”行“， 聊聊有意思的话题！
这一集我们聊聊”躺平“到底是什么？你们国家有没有年轻人躺平的现象？
你对躺平这件事怎么看？欢迎大家给我留言！👏