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Hello from China! (Conversation)

01.09.2025
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Spicy bullfrog, fights with policemen and getting locked out... my first two weeks in China have certainly been eventful! Find out all about my move to Ningbo in today's episode.

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Vocabulary: Bureaucracy, Ultrasound, Bedside manner, SIM card, Apartment complex, Congee, Adzuki bean, Bullfrog, Red bayberry, 'Mad dogs and Englishmen', Sweat, Cicada, Pale, 'A fish out of water', Scavenger hunt

Intro

The flight

The fastest train in the world

Assaulting a policeman

Making friends with the locals

The joys of bureaucracy

My home away from home

Finally, I'm rich!

Get your chopsticks out

It's too darn hot!

Comfortable and livable

Security

Locked out of the system

My new job

The hardest thing you can do

Outro

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