Knowing Everything About Chinese Cultrue

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### 🎧 Wait… My Bias Gives Me a Gift?!

What if your favorite idol handed you a cookie they made themselves?

In Korea, this isn’t fan fiction—it’s real.

From food trucks at fan meetings to gift boxes at signings, we explore the Korean phenomenon of *reverse fan service*.

This episode unpacks what it means when idols give back, and how it reflects Korea’s unique emotional concept of *jeong (정)*.

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### 🎙️ About ZamZamPod

ZamZamPod is a Korean-language podcast for intermediate and advanced learners.

We explore real Korean issues with natural speech, cultural insights, and clear narration.

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### 📝 내 최애가 선물을 준다고?

BTS 진은 팬들에게 간식차를 돌리고, 뉴진스는 굿즈 상자를 나눠주었습니다.

한국에선 연예인이 팬에게 선물하는 문화, ‘역조공’이 실제로 존재합니다.

이 문화는 단순한 팬서비스를 넘어서, 한국의 정서인 '정(情)'과도 깊은 관련이 있습니다.

왜 한국에서만 이런 일이 가능한 걸까요?

잼잼팟에서 확인하세요.

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[ZamZamPod] EP.11 Wait… My Bias Gives Me a Gift?! / 내 최애가 선물을 준다고?

Il podcast ”Comme se dice?” nasce da un’idea di Vincenzo Luca Forte e Iginia Barretta, insegnanti di Napoletano e altre lingue su Italki. Il Podcast è dedicato alla Lingua/dialetto Napoletano.
Prima puntata del Podcast, prettamente in lingua Napoletana! Jamme ja!

Neapolitan Language  - 🎙️ "Comme se dice?" - Il Podcast della Lingua Napoletana! 🌟

Neapolitan Language - Prima puntata del Podcast  ”Comme se dice?” -  (“How do you say it?”)

कुनै जङ्गलमा दुई ओटा काग बस्थे । ती दुईमा घनिष्ट मित्रता थियो। तर एक पटक ती दुई ओटा कागमा एउटा विवाद चल्यो । विवादको विषय थियो, “एउटै आकारका थैलामा आफूले चाहेको सामान भरेर को माथि पुग्ने ?” ...............................


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#6 चलाख काग (The clever crow ) 

안녕하세요.
오늘은 좋아하는 노래에 대해서 이야기할 거예요.

저는 며칠 전에 우연히 어떤 가수의 노래를 듣게 되었어요. 
처음 들어 보는 노래였는데 듣자마자 완전히 빠져 버렸어요.

가사도 너무 좋고, 멜로디(melody)도 너무 제 스타일이었어요.

그래서 그날 이후로 하루 종일 그 가수의 노래를 듣고 있어요.

좋아하는 것을 말할 때, 그게 너무 좋을 때 ‘빠지다’, ‘빠졌어요’라고 말할 수 있는데 ‘푹’을 같이 말하면 정말 너무 좋아한다는 것을 표현할 수 있어요.

저는 요즘 그 가수에게 푹 빠졌어요.
저는 요즘 그 가수의 노래에 푹 빠졌어요.
저는 요즘 떡볶이에 푹 빠져서 매일 떡볶이만 먹어요.
저는 요즘 외국어 공부에 푹 빠져서 하루에 두 시간씩 열심히 공부하고 있어요.

이렇게 내가 특별히 아주 좋아하는 것이 생겼을 때 ‘푹 빠지다’ 말할 수 있어요.

아, 참고로 제가 푹 빠진 가수는 LUCY라는 한국 가수입니다. 노래의 분위기가 정말 제가 좋아하는 분위기이고, 특히 가사가 정말 예술이에요. 정말 좋아요. 너무 예쁜 가사입니다.

여러분도 좋아하는 가수가 있어요?
요즘 푹 빠져서 자주 듣는 노래가 있어요?
있으면 저에게도 알려 주세요. : )

한국어를 공부하는 여러분 모두,
좋아하는 노래를 들으면서 행복한 시간을 보내고 있기를 바랍니다. 

감사합니다. 


Korean with Rumi

푹 빠진 노래_The song that I’ve been into

f you're going to exercise, you have to stretch, right?

Well, maybe not.

The answer might depend on your goals, and what you mean by "stretch."

There are different types of stretches.

In what are known as "static" stretches, you hold a single position for perhaps as long as 60 to 90 seconds. These stretches are great for increasing flexibility.

But there are also "dynamic" stretches, where you repeatedly — but carefully — move your joints through their full range of motion.

Expert opinion on how to use these stretches has changed over the years. But it's now generally believed that dynamic stretching is best before you exercise, while static stretching is better after.

As Alisa Bowman writes for the Mayo Clinic, dynamic stretching helps improve blood flow and joint mobility, which gets your body ready to exercise. Studies have even found that dynamic stretching before exercise can improve your performance.

Meanwhile, some research has found that static stretching can temporarily weaken your muscles, which is why it's generally no longer recommended before certain sports — and especially not for high-performance athletes.

Instead, static stretches are typically recommended for helping to relax your muscles after exercise. Since you've been moving and increasing blood flow to your joints and muscles, you'll actually be more flexible, so you'll get more benefit from those stretches.

But while you may have been told that stretching will reduce soreness after you exercise, research has found that it really doesn't make much difference.

You've also probably been told to stretch to avoid injuries. But research doesn't seem to support that either — especially for static stretching.

Writing for WebMD, Sonya Collins says that, as long as you stretch sometime, it's fine if you don't do it around the time you exercise.

In fact, some experts say if you're short on time, it's better to exercise without doing any stretching than to cut your workout short!

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Today we're talking about the noun "outset" which is a formal way to talk about the beginning of something. I hope you find it useful!

As always, my full time job is helping international professionals to improve the way that they communicate at work, in English. So, if that sounds like something you'd be interested in then feel free to book some of my time and I look forward to meeting you!