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Join me and my Chinese tutor as we explore everyday Chinese vocabulary in ways that make sense to an adult learner.

Fun Learning Chinese


    • May 27, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 5m AVG DURATION
    • 178 EPISODES


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    How to Catch a Mouse 怎麼捕捉老鼠

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 4:14


    When you have to deal with invaders, you need to be smart and efficient about it. Otherwise you risk being overrun by the hordes.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 理解「起來」怎麼用 Understanding How to Use 起來

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 4:16


    Sometimes it's helpful to be able to expression your perception of things or understand when someone else is wants you to know how things are affecting them. There is a key character combination that is part of that.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    我飼養的雞如何幫我學習中文的相反詞 How My Chickens Help Me Learn Opposites in Chinese

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 5:49


    Keeping your opposite straight in a new language can be a challenge, but my chickens help make the concepts stick in my head.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    怎麼做水果奶昔 How to Make a Fruit Smoothie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 5:27


    Practice thinking and speaking in Chinese while making your own yummy lunch or snack! Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    寶寶和狗的骨頭 The Baby and The Dog Bone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 5:03


    Disaster can strike in a moment when a baby is on the move -Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 不可能的任務 Mission Impossible

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 9:10


    Sometimes understand the 的 is easy to equate with English grammar and sometimes it's not. But it's never impossible.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    在煙囪裡的鴨子 The Duck in the Chimney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 5:08


    When you've had a high fever and it looks like your house is filling up with flies, it can be hard to know what is real and what is a hallucination.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Christmas Carol: 到各山嶺去傳揚 Go Tell It on the Mountain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 3:51


    This is what people will do when they truly believe something important and exciting has happened! Learn how to share the good news in while practicing and singing Chinese.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Christmas Carol: 平安夜 Silent Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2024 3:28


    Use a Chinese translation of the very familiar English Christmas Carol Silent Night to expand your Chinese vocabulary and celebrate while you practice.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    十呎高的火焰 Ten Foot High Flames

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 7:17


    Facing a wall of flames puts a whole new perspective on your priorities.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    與河流搏鬥 第四篇 Wrestling the River – part four

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 2:47


    Sometimes when you go way outside of your comfort zone, you surprise yourself.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 講虛話 Empty Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 2:08


    When are thunder and lightning like empty words? This Chinese proverb will explain.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    與河流搏鬥 第三篇 Wrestling the River - part three

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 4:06


    Just how far out into the river will I have to go?Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 魚化成龍 Fish Becomes Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 2:09


    Sometimes it doesn't work to just walk through the gate.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    與河流搏鬥 第二篇 Wrestling the River - part two

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 4:36


    In part two, we find out what lives in the river and learn about the sucking forces in the river bottom.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 朝的字謎 The Riddle of 朝

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 2:10


    One way Chinese speakers have fun remembering their characters is to make riddles about them. This riddle was one my Chinese tutor learned in school.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    與河流搏鬥 第一篇 Wrestling the River – part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 5:12


    I wouldn't have done it if I had any other choice.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: Why Chinese-Speaking People Are Very 很 Happy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 2:13


    Expressing degree of emotion correctly in Chinese requires understanding their perspective on language. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    毛小孩會自己玩自拍嗎 ? Can pets take selfies ?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 4:27


    The modern camera can be used to alter our perception of reality if we aren't paying attention. This episode is an extensive update of the previous episode How to Take a Photo 如何拍照片.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    在每天的談話中可能提到這本史詩 This Epic Might be Mentioned in Everyday Conversations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 5:25


    There is a man from Chinese history 2000 or so years ago who is still mentioned in everyday conversation, so you need to know who he is.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    ㄧ家自命非凡的餐館 The Restaurant That Refused To Be Normal

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 4:02


    Confusion is bound to happen when learning a new language, but sometimes it happens in unexpected places!

    跟鯊魚一起游泳 Swimming with Sharks

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 7:24


    It's all about exactly when you are in the water.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    辣椒沾在我的嘴唇上  Hot Peppers on My Lips

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 4:38


    Burning kiss doesn't mean the same thing to everyone.Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese!

    淺嚐一口鴿子肉 One Bite of Pigeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 3:57


    I never thought I'd want pigeons living at my house.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    When We Say: It Is None of Your Business 什麼時候說:這不關你的事

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 4:55


    There are particular skills to giving and accepting advice, even in Chinese. Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    小狗狗的第一個聖誕節 Puppy's First Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 5:27


    Something should be done to avoid puppy mayhem during the Christmas season!Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Psalm 100 第一百篇

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 3:19


    If you want to practice being grateful to you Maker while you study Chinese, the translation of this Psalm will help you do that.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: Mastering 就

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 3:25


    The Chinese character/word 就 can be confusing. It can mean a variety of things and it can be challenging to know how to use it.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    在龍的肚皮下面The Underbelly of the Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 7:36


    There are believable and numerous reports of what were called dragons in the not so distant past.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 知道什麼時候用否定語氣 Knowing When to be Negative

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 7:00


    There are some negatives that are very positive. In this longer than usual Chinese Lesson Blurb, we play games with negative words while telling a simple story.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Chinese Lesson Blurb: 未知或者是不知道

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 3:49


    To know or not to know - that is the question. In this Fun Learning Chinese lesson blurb we more closely study a couple of common words from episode 178 that sound like they mean the same basic thing, but have different implications.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    距離到未知五秒鐘 Five Seconds Away From the Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 6:41


    When we think of the future, we tend to think of weeks or years ahead. But what about the next five seconds?Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    為小狗狗們放煙火 Fireworks for the Puppies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 5:06


    We found out the hard way that there are some things you should find out before you let your dog have puppies. Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    隨性的海上冒險 (第三篇)The Happy-Go-Lucky Ocean Adventure (part three)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 7:17


    The ocean is unpredictable, but sometimes accidents are because people don't anticipate all the physics involved in a situation. This is the finale to the Caribbean tale.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    隨性的海上冒險 (第二篇)The Happy-Go-Lucky Ocean Adventure (part two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 7:00


    Racing against time before a predicted hurricane, the new and inexperienced crew has to make several important repairs on the sailboat. This involves island hopping and mysterious sounds on the deck.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    隨性的海上冒險 (第一篇)The Happy-Go-Lucky Ocean Adventure (part one)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 4:40


    A sailboat is on its way to the Caribbean islands to pick up some retirees with adventurous spirits. Join in the anticipation for the trip of a lifetime and easily learn some helpful geography along the way. (I wasn't happy with the first recording, so we've already uploaded a new, much clearer one)Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    The War Between the Hens 母雞們之間的戰爭

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 5:31


    If the henhouse is a microcosm of life, then we're all in trouble.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Taking a Nap to Recharge Your Body 小睡讓身體充電

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 4:14


    Some things are vital to be able to communicate.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    chinese recharge your body
    The Disappearing Bean Seedlings 長出來的豆苗不見了

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 5:22


    It's a gardening mystery! No clues left behind, so it comes down to a stake out from a nearby window.Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Someone Wants to Clone My Daughter 有人想要複製我的女兒

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 6:01


    A true story that includes cloning, being a ninja, and kung fu in ways you probably don't expect. Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Holes in My Skull 我的腦袋殼子開了洞

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 5:04


    What would motivate you to put holes in your skull?Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    My Rooster Cluck Norris and My Horse 我的公雞克拉克諾里斯和我的馬

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 5:41


    Are you more like the rooster or more like the horse?Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Important Facts About Having a Baby 關於一個嬰孩誕生重要的真相

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 6:22


    Examining the facts of your birth can put life into perspective. Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    A Visit from St. Nicholas part three 聖尼可拉斯來拜訪 第三篇

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 3:59


    Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    A Visit from St. Nicholas part two 聖尼可拉斯來拜訪第二篇

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 4:50


    Keep up with the antics of St. Nicholas in part 2 of our 3 part translation of this classic poem!

    A Visit from St. Nicholas 聖尼可拉斯來拜訪 part one

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 4:30


    A translation of the classic poem published in 1823 anonymously in a New York newspaper.

    How to Get a Free Turkey 怎麼得到免費的火雞

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 3:54


    Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Homemade Cookies 自製餅乾

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 5:16


    Making homemade cookies can be extra important and extra challenging when living abroad.

    The Fishing Miracle 一個釣魚的神蹟

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 6:47


    Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    Walking My Husband's Bike Back Home 牽我老公的腳踏車回家

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 8:30


    Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

    How to Make a Suggestion 如何建議 in Chinese

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022 3:48


    Make your Chinese comprehension explode into beautiful illuminated colors when you become a FLC Firecracker member. Visit funlearningchinese.com to learn more.

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