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Welcome to our new course code named "All the Way to Intermediate" or #ATWTI for short. In this new series, we hope to teach a complete beginner everything they need to know to get to an intermediate level. Each video will be a short and focused lesson on daily phrases, common grammar, or cultural insights.
The series is designed to be watched from beginning to end, and after each lesson, we will recommend some lessons from our library that supplements the topic and boost your learning even further
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Mon Aug 21 2017 | Fiona Tian
Dialogue
你好
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Intro to All the Way to Intermediate series - Dialogue
你好。
nǐhǎo 。
Hello!
早！
zǎo ！
Morning!
早上好。
zǎoshang hǎo 。
Good morning!
好久不见！
hǎojiǔ bùjiàn ！
Long time no see!
Vocabulary
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lǎoniánchīdāizhèng | senile dementia |
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jìngtóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene |
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lìlìzàimù | vivid in one's mind (idiom) |
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zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè | to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed) |
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shuājù | binge watching |
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qiányìshí | unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness |
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yāomóguǐguài | demons and ghosts |
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máogǔsǒngrán | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) |
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fàngzòng | to indulge; to pamper; to connive at |
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Binge watching - Vocabulary
| TRADITIONAL | PINYIN | ENGLISH |
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| 老年痴呆症 | lǎoniánchīdāizhèng | senile dementia |
| 鏡頭 | jìngtóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene |
| 歷歷在目 | lìlìzàimù | vivid in one's mind (idiom) |
| 輾轉反側 | zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè | to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed) |
| 刷劇 | shuājù | binge watching |
| 潛意識 | qiányìshí | unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness |
| 妖魔鬼怪 | yāomóguǐguài | demons and ghosts |
| 毛骨悚然 | máogǔsǒngrán | to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) |
| 放縱 | fàngzòng | to indulge; to pamper; to connive at |
Expansion
历历在目
離 鄉 多 年 了 ， 但 家鄉 的 風景 依然 歷歷在目 。
Binge watching - Expansion
历历在目
儘管離鄉多年了，但家鄉的風景依然歷歷在目。
jǐnguǎn lí xiāng duō nián le ，dàn jiāxiāng de fēngjǐng yīrán lìlìzàimù 。
Although he has been away from home for many years, the scenery of his hometown is still vivid in his mind.
十年前的場景歷歷在目。
shí nián qián de chǎngjǐng lìlìzàimù 。
The scene from ten years ago is vivid in my mind.
快樂，悲傷，全都歷歷在目。
kuàilè ，bēishāng ，quándōu lìlìzàimù 。
Happiness, sadness, all are vividly present.
辗转反侧
因為心中惦記著那件事，讓他整夜輾轉反側，難以成眠。
yīnwèi xīnzhōng diànjì zhe nà jiàn shì ，ràng tā zhěngyè zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè ，nányǐchéngmián 。
Because of that incident in his heart, he tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep.
夜深了，我輾轉反側難以入睡。
yè shēn le ，wǒ zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè nányǐ rùshuì 。
It was late at night and I tossed and turned hard to fall asleep.
他因為高燒，在床上輾轉反側。
tā yīnwèi gāoshāo ，zài chuáng shàng zhǎnzhuǎnfǎncè 。
He tossed and turned in bed because of a high fever.
毛骨悚然
昨晚的恐怖片讓我毛骨悚然。
zuówǎn de kǒngbùpiàn ràng wǒ máogǔsǒngrán 。
The horror movie last night gave me the creeps.
這段往事直到現在還使我毛骨悚然呢!
zhè duàn wǎngshì zhídào xiànzài hái shǐ wǒ máogǔsǒngrán ne !
This episode still terrifies me to this day!
那個鬼故事聽得人毛骨悚然。
nàge guǐgùshi tīng de rén máogǔsǒngrán 。
That ghost story was creepy.
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January 08, 2020 at 11:50 PMChinese is definitely an 有意思的语言(interesting language).
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April 01, 2018 at 01:55 PMWish I could peg your accent. Sometimes you sound like a Kiwi, sometimes American, sometimes Canadian. Perhaps SA? Anyway, I'm looking forward to these. The few I've tried are excellent. Thanks for the good work.
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December 21, 2017 at 01:50 PMThis is something that should have been done LONG ago, but the old team could not be convinced.
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September 15, 2017 at 03:27 PMDon't hide your freckles Fiona!
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January 09, 2020 at 12:02 AMWe've released some more ATWTI lessons recently, check them out!!
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August 31, 2017 at 04:56 AMI'm excited for this! I'm at the elementary level and finding it hard to get to intermediate so I am happy to have lessons targeted to bringing me up!
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January 09, 2020 at 12:01 AMThe ATWTI series are just for you. For students and viewers that would like to step up a level but still struggling with intermediate lessons in terms of vocabularies, sentence structures, and sentence flow. Let me know how the learning goes!!
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August 24, 2017 at 11:52 AMIt's great that there will be more lessons on newbie and beginner levels.Thank you and great job, Fiona.
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