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ChinesePod - Intermediate

ChinesePod makes learning Mandarin fun and easy! In this Intermediate Level Podcast Feed, explore broader contexts and applications of frequently used expressions needed to navigate comfortably in a Mandarin speaking environment. Deepen your knowledge on current affairs while learning and increase your confidence level in speaking Chinese. Expand your Mandarin Chinese learning experience by also SUBSCRIBING to ChinesePod - Beginner and ChinesePod - Advanced Podcast channels. For a more in

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Intermediate | Substitute Teacher

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/15

Teaching is hard work, so every now and then you might need to come up with an excuse to take a week off, like "surgery" or something. But being the responsible teacher that you are, you're going to need to find someone to take those pesky classes off your hands. Learn how to use Mandarin Chinese to find that substitute teacher in this lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1609

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00:14:36

Upper-intermediate | Calculating Salaries

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/14

Salaries at home are confusing enough to calculate after taxes, but they're even more confusing when you're abroad and have no knowledge of local rates and labor laws! Today we'll meet one such confused employee wondering why a substantial portion of their pay has been docked. Learn all about calculating salaries after taxes and vacation days in this upper-intermediate lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1941

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00:14:25

Intermediate | Online Personality Test

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/10

What could be more fun than filling out a simple form so that a website can tell you what kind of person you are? Listen in to this Chinese lesson, in which two girls discuss the results of their online personality tests. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1606

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00:19:39

Upper-intermediate | Applying for a Work Visa

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/08

"Z Visa," "Alien Employment License," "Foreigner Entry Visa Invitation Letter," "Temporary Residence Permit." If you're not familiar with these terms yet but you want to work in China and handle your own paperwork, this is information you're going to want to study. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1934

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00:14:44

Intermediate | Chinese Baijiu and the Best of the Worst

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/07

When the guys get together for dinner, you know there's going to be some drinking. And if they're at all traditional, it's not beer they're drinking. It's baijiu, the Chinese rice wine that strikes fear into the hearts of foreigners everywhere. In this lesson, learn the names for the finest and the most famous of Chinese baijiu. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1602

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00:16:41

Upper-intermediate | The Popular Decline of Calligraphy

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/03

Calligraphy as an art form is one thing, but what about just having decent handwriting? Sadly, even that sign of "culture" is going by the wayside in modern China. Why practice penmanship when you can be happily chatting on QQ or texting on your cell phone? This is progress, right? Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1931

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00:15:11

Intermediate | Discussing Basketball Teams

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/04/01

If you're a basketball fan, you should have no trouble making friends in China. If you want to do more than non-verbal cheering, though, you might be looking for a few more expressions to refer to your favorite basketball teams. In this Chinese lesson, we've got you covered. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1599

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00:15:43

Upper-intermediate | Signing a Lease

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/30

Even if you're able to find an agent from a reliable real estate company to help you find the apartment of your dreams in China, you're still going to be confronted with a massive block of Chinese at the end of the process: the lease. Needless to say, it will probably take you a bit of time to read through the entire document, but today's upper-intermediate ChinesePod lesson should ease the pain a bit! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1924

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00:14:14

Intermediate | Registering for a Dating Website

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/27

Ah, meeting people online... there was a time when such matters were routinely lied about, or only uttered in shameful whispers. We're way past that now, though. The topic has become which dating sites are the best, and the shame has been left behind in the dusty corner with all those dial-up modems. Learn how to register, sign in, and meet the love of your dreams online in this Chinese lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1596

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00:12:56

Upper-intermediate | Saved by the Gong: Physics

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/25

Back to school! In this edition of ChinesePod's "Saved by the Gong" series, physics students learn the principles of buoyancy. What causes one object to float in a liquid where another one sinks? Learn all about it in this lesson! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2299

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00:14:33

Intermediate | I Changed My Mind

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/23

The scene is a young couple's bedroom. He's dressed and ready to go, while she's only just begun the long process of outfit deliberation. There will be ideas, questions, new ideas, reconsiderations, and changing of one's mind. If you gain nothing else from this Chinese lesson, at least learn the phrase "I changed my mind." Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1592

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00:18:35

Upper-intermediate | Saved by the Gong: Preparing for...

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/20

You haven't been paying attention in class all semester and the exam's next week; it's going to take more than some serious cramming to make up for all the slacking you've been doing. There's only one option: beg the teacher for the test questions in advance. Listen in as a group of unprepared students try to wrest useful test information from their teacher's unwilling grasp in today's upper-intermediate lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1921

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00:16:56

Intermediate | Funerals and Consolation

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/18

When a friend or co-worker tells you a relative has passed away, what do you say? You could probably use some help in this delicate situation. For one thing, you don't say "I'm sorry" in Mandarin. Learn how to offer your consolation the Chinese way in this lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1589

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00:19:02

Upper-intermediate | Organizing a Marketing Event

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/16

Your company's brand-new kimchee-flavored chocolate has been painstakingly perfected and is ready to hit store shelves. There's just one problem: how are you going to get anyone to buy it? Tune in to today's lesson to hear how the marketing department is planning to introduce the new product to the public. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1914

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00:15:09

Intermediate | Flu Vaccination

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/13

It's that time of year, and a flu vaccination is probably a good idea. In this lesson, we follow a fearless child and her mother into the doctor's office to get a flu shot. Learn all the essential vocabulary you'll need to get a vaccination, as well as the super-useful question, "are you afraid of pain?" Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1586

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00:17:03

Upper-intermediate | Preparing for the Ironman Race

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/11

This lesson is for our boldest, hardiest, and most probably craziest users out there. We're listening in today as one such athlete discusses ironman triathlons in Mandarin Chinese; if you're like us, you'll probably relate much more to the astonished listener than the competitor! Learn how to talk about triathlons and the intensive preparation they require in today's upper-intermediate lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1911

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Intermediate | Dialing a Nonlocal Phone Number

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/09

If you're like us, you know a lot of people, and you make a fair amount of calls with your cell phone. But every once in a while, you'll get this annoying recording telling you the call won't go through because it's a "nonlocal number." Fortunately there's an easy solution. Learn about it in this Chinese lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1582

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00:17:31

Upper-intermediate | Motivating a Team

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/06

It can be difficult motivating a team. So what do you do when enthusiasm among your employees reaches an all-time low? Just fire the whole lot of them and start over? In this lesson, a wise HR manager tells us that there is another way. Listen in to this Chinese lesson to find out what it is. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1901

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Intermediate | A Visit to the In-laws

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/04

In case you haven't been inducted into any Chinese families, you should know up front that there are a few titles to learn. OK, maybe more than a few. In this lesson, follow a young man on his way to visit his wife's parents, and learn all the important family vocab. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1572

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00:20:48

Upper-intermediate | Filling a Managerial Position

ChinesePod - Intermediate ·

2026/03/02

When a high-level manager departs for greener pastures it's often difficult to find an able replacement. Today's dialogue features a debate between two high-level executives deciding how to fill a recently-vacated managerial position within the company: through making a new hire or an inner promotion. Find out how they decide to act while learning some useful business-related Mandarin vocab in today's upper-intermediate lesson Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1894

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