朝三暮四[zhāo sān mù sì]：morning/three/evening/four，to offer three in the morning and four in the evening 
宋国 Sòngguó：Song state:a state in the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.) in Chinese history
板栗 bǎn lì：chestnut (n.)
宁愿 nìng yuàn：would;rather;better
口粮 kǒu liáng：ration
限制 xiàn zhì：limite;confine
食量 shí liàng：capacity for eating; appetite
顺从 shùn cóng：be obedient to; yield to
哄骗 hǒng piàn: cheat;humbug;deceive
The idiom originally means to fool others by playing tricks. It later extends to mean changing one's mind frequently or not being responsible.


乐读中文 (Lè Dú Zhōngwén) - "Joyful Chinese Stories"

朝三暮四[zhāo sān mù sì]

"I have no idea but I would really like a lot of money please"

Or

Listen to this podcast and get some top tips from a Finance Director on how to navigate this tricky question!

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What are your salary expectations for this role?

白石塔，白石搭，白石搭白塔，白塔白石搭。搭好白石塔，石塔白又大。

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绕口令 - d/t 练习

In this Chillchat episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about different ways of meeting a romantic partner, including arranged dates by parents, dating apps and websites and more organic encounters.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Arranged dates, right swipes, random encounters: there is always one that works for you

Why does it look like teachers don't make any mistakes? Here are some funny stories about me making mistakes as a teacher. And successfully covering them up (did I, though?). With my co-host running away I am left alone to reminisce about my ridiculous attempts to be a free-of-mistakes teacher. Enjoy :)!

Do you English?

Teachers don't make any mistakes. Is that true?

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Buongiorno, come va?
Buon lunedì.

Sabato sono stata un po’ al mare, con mia zia che è inglese, sua figlia, mia cugina Michelle, e un’amica di mia cugina.

Dopo ore di chiacchiere, questo è quello che ne è uscito fuori.

Italiano autentico, parlato da un’italiana espatriata, un’inglese in Italia, e un’italiana espatriata e tornata.

Invio due versioni dell’audio, perchè mi sono resa conto che non abbiamo parlato proprio un italiano standard.
Una più lenta e una normale.

E la trascrizione e delle domande a cui rispondere.

Tu quale ascolterai?

Mi sembrava interessante confrontare queste tre realtà contrapposte.

A presto,

Simona

la Rubrica di Simona

Expats: lasciare, restare e tornare in italia - velocità NORMALE

In this episode we are going to learn a Real Chinese Conversation【Pay the bill at restaurant】. 
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Step 1: Listen and catch the words you know already, have a guess about the content.
Step 2: Check the script to learn one by one. 
Step 3: Listen and repeat after it.
Step 4: Practice until you can perform the dialogue. 
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顾客（gùkè,customer）: 你好，买单。
nǐ hǎo ， mǎi dān 。
Hello, check please.
服务员(fú wù yuán,waiter)：您好，买单请到前台。
nín hǎo ， mǎi dān qǐng dào qián tái 。
Hello, please go to the front desk to pay the bill.
顾客: 你好，12桌买单。
nǐ hǎo ，shí èr zhuō mǎi dān 。
Hello, paying bill for table NO.12 
前台（qián tái，front desk）：一共消费288块，您看一下。
yí gòng xiāo fèi liǎng bǎi bā shí bā kuài ， nín kàn yí xià 。
The total consumption is 288 yuan, please take a look.
顾客: 没有问题。
méi yǒu wèn tí 。
No problem.
前台：您怎么支付？
nín zěn me zhī fù ？
How would you like to pay?
顾客: 有什么支付方式？
yǒu shén me zhī fù fāng shì ？
What payment methods are available?
前台：现金、微信、支付宝和信用卡都可以。
xiàn jīn 、 wēi xìn 、 zhī fù bǎo hé xìn yòng kǎ dōu kě yǐ 。
Cash, WeChat, Alipay and credit card are all OK.
顾客: 微信吧。
wēi xìn ba 。
WeChat then.
前台：好的，我扫您。
hǎo de ， wǒ sǎo nín 。
OK, I'll scan your (code).
顾客: 付了。
fù le 。
Paid already.
前台：谢谢光临。请慢走。
xiè xie guāng lín 。 qǐng màn zǒu 。
Thank you for coming. Please take care.
顾客: 再见！
zài jiàn ！
Goodbye!


Yuli's Chinese Channel

饭店买单 Pay the bill at restaurant（Beginner）

If robots do take over the world, this one probably won't be the leader.

Less than 5.8 centimeters tall — a little shorter than a lighter — it has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest humanoid robot.

Humanoid robots look and act like humans. For the Guinness record, they must be able to move their shoulders, elbows, knees and hips, and also be able to walk.

Made by a Japanese student named Mitsuya Tatsuhiko, this one is less than half the size of the previous holder of the world record, which was made by students from Hong Kong.

Tatsuhiko is a postgraduate student at Nagoya Institute of Technology, where he researches crawler robots. Crawler robots don't look like humans, however, and they're used to inspect places that are hard to get to.

Tatsuhiko has been interested in robots since he was a child.

According to Guinness World Records, he built his first humanoid robot when he was 10.

He didn't spend as much time making them during high school, but he has returned to his passion as he has gotten older.

It took him a few tries to get his record-breaking robot right, and he worked hard to make it as small as he could.

He applied for the record with his third attempt while he was in the fourth year of his degree. He said he was very happy to have broken the record.

Tatsuhiko hopes to work with robots when he finishes university, but he'll also keep making them at home as a hobby.