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Story · 1 min audio地铁上的面试官A job interview in Chinese: the man on the metroOn the metro to her big interview, Su Qing asks a man to stop singing. An hour later, she meets him again, across the interview table.HSK 2
Story · 1 min audio老师，别走丢了！A school trip story in Chinese: don't get lost, teacher!Thirty-two children, thirty-two yellow hats, one coach to the zoo. The teacher counts everyone on board, then gets off to buy water.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio共享单车怎么骑？How to use shared bikes in ChinaToo far to walk, too close for a taxi. Outside every metro station in China there are rows of yellow, blue and green bikes. Here's how to ride one in three steps.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio月饼里面有什么？What are mooncakes?A red box of little round cakes, a festival under the full moon, and an egg where you least expect one.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio端午节：龙舟和粽子What is the Dragon Boat Festival?Boats with dragon heads, a poet in a river two thousand years ago, and the one question about rice dumplings that starts arguments.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio元宵节：看灯、猜谜语What is the Lantern Festival?Chinese New Year isn't over until the fifteenth night. Come and see the lanterns, eat something round, and try to solve the riddle before we tell you.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio大熊猫的小秘密Fun facts about giant pandasA baby smaller than an apple, twelve hours of bamboo a day, and a sixth finger that isn't a finger.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio新郎进不了门Chinese wedding traditions: the door gamesThe groom has the red envelopes and every answer. What he doesn't have is the bride's shoes, and the clock is ticking.HSK 2
Article · 1 min audio生日为什么吃长寿面？Why do Chinese people eat noodles on birthdays?You expect a birthday cake. You get a bowl of noodles, an egg, and a friend watching to make sure you don't bite a single strand in two.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio奶奶的麻将桌How to play mahjong: grandma's tableShe has never touched a mahjong tile. Grandma teaches her in one minute, she wins the first hand, and she keeps winning. Then she sees grandma's tiles.HSK 2
Article · 2 min audio“内卷”是什么意思？What does 内卷 (involution) mean?A student rode his bike with an open laptop on the handlebars, and China found its word of the year. Why does everyone stand up in the cinema?HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio中国的高铁有多长？How big is China's high-speed rail?Join every high-speed line in China end to end and it would go round the Earth, with ten thousand kilometres to spare. It all began in 2008.HSK 4
