Chinese Tea

In today's story the children of Number Island learn how to properly dress for school: by wearing numbers.

TODAY'S WORDS

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岛

dao3

island

穿好衣服

chuan1 hao3 yi1 fu2

get dressed

数数

shu3 shu4

to count

丢三落四

diu1 san1 la4 si4

forgetful 

In today's story, a little girl learns a funny way to greet people.

TODAY'S WORDS

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狗和猫

gou3 he2 mao1

dogs and cats

奶奶

nai3 nai

grandmother

马马虎虎

ma3 ma3 hu1 hu1

so-so

In today's story, a boy learns how to strike before his little brother does.

TODAY'S WORDS

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吃饭

chi1 fan4

time to eat

饺子

jiao3 zi

dumplings

趁热打铁

chen4 re4 da3 tie3

strike while the iron is hot

In today's story, a girl has lost her donkey...right under her nose!

TODAY'S WORDS

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骑驴找驴

qi2 lü2 zhao3 lü2

ride a donkey to find a donkey

眼镜

yan3 jing4

glasses

帽子

mao4 zi

hat

In today's story, a boy learns the consequences of doing things halfway...you turn into a pumpkin head! 

Join us for the first episode of season two and learn the chengyu (Chinese proverb) 半途而废.

TODAY'S WORDS

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半途而废

ban4 tu2 er2 fei4

do things halfway

对啊 热狗

re4 gou3

hotdog

刷牙

shua1 ya2

brush teeth

南瓜灯

nan2 gua1 deng1

jack o'lantern

In today's story, our main character is very unhappy! Life is not fair! It's just not fair! And her mother agrees.

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Today's Three Little Words

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公平

gong1 ping2

fair

每天

mei3 tian1

every day

蛋糕

dan4 gao1

cake

In today's story, our main character hears a voice inside her head. Her daddy's hears one too and it keeps saying "pizza, pizza, pizza."

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Today's Three Little Words

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脑袋 

nao3 dai4

Brain 

注意 

zhu4 yi4

Notice 

声音 

sheng1 yin1

Voice 

Little dino learns how to be polite while her mother forgets how to be courteous.

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Today's Three Little Words

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礼貌

li3 mao4

courtesy

请

qing3

please

谢谢

xie4 xie4

thank you

Let's meet a silly family with three kids named "No", "Maybe" and "Whatever". And an Auntie named "Stop it!"

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Today's Three Little Words

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也许

ye3 xu3

maybe

随便

sui2 bian4

whatever

停

ting2

stop

Oh no! Hiccups! What can you do? We'll learn some creative suggestions for getting rid of them.

After you listen to the episode, please tell us what you do to get rid of hiccups by leaving us a message at anchor.fm/chinese-tea or send an email to hello@chinesetea.show.

Today's Three Little Words

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打嗝

da3 ge2

hiccup

胡椒

hu2 jiao1

pepper

打喷嚏

da3 pen1 ti4

sneeze

Wen Wen loves brushing her teeth. But her teeth feel a bit differently.

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Today's Three Little Words

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牙齿

ya2 chi3

teeth

主意

zhu3 yi4

idea

臭臭地

chou4 chou4 de

stinky

Four pirates set sail to steal some treasure but discover an unexpected sailor.

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Today's Three Little Words

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海盗

hai3 dao4

pirate

宝藏

bao3 zang4

treasure

船

chuan2

ship

Wang Wang visits the library, but he's running out of time. Will the library close before he checks out his books? Will he be locked in?

Today's Three Little Words

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图书馆

tu2 shu1 guan3

library

分钟

fen1 zhong1

minute

书

shu1

book

Two brothers talk about what they want to be when they grow up, and one of our hosts gets a bit silly.

Which ice cream flavors do you like most? Tomato? Cabbage? Cauliflower? Join us to find out Mandy & Daren's favorites.

A little girl learns that patience is good, but too much of a good thing turn out to be bad.

Oh no! The kids have forgotten about their daddy and left him at work. He's so sad and crying. 

Xin Xin loves to count. And her favorite number isn't 8 or 7, it's 99,999. Until 99,999 wolves change her mind.

Broccoli doesn't like Beef. Beef doesn't like Broccoli. But they were destined to be the best of friends. 

Introducing Chinese Tea.