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Mandarin Lesson Live Demo Lesson - Numbers - How To Count from 0-9? 22 Aug 2022 (Monday) HK Time from 2:30-3:00pm Time Converter Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98303129552 Meeting ID: 983 0312 9552 Instructor: Mr Jeffrey Li Present by New Concept Mandarin In this Chinese lesson, you will learn how to say hello and introduce yourself. Then you will learn how to....

今天是什么天气？
Jīntiān shì shénme tiānqì?
What's the weather like today?

☔️香港最近经常下雨。💦
Xiānggǎng zuìjìn jīngcháng xià yǔ.
It has been raining a lot in Hong Kong recently.

❄️上海的冬天会下雪。⛄️
Shànghǎi de dōngtiān huì xià xuě.
It snows in winter in Shanghai.

☀️你喜欢晴天还是雨天？🌧
Nǐ xǐhuān qíngtiān háishì yǔtiān?
Do you like sunny or rainy days?

甩锅 shuǎi guō Shirk responsibility
甩 shuǎi : to throw away
锅 guō : cooking pot
This word refers to the scenario where a person or group shirks their responsibility or finds a scapegoat for their own mistakes.

盲盒 máng hé
盲máng: blind 盒 hé: box

Blind boxes are all the same on the outside but have a unique minifigure on the inside, which are designed by different designers or artists. Palm-sized plastic figurines are individually packaged into opaque polybags and sold separately in so-called blind boxes (Chinese:盲盒máng hé).

In the recent years, POP MART has discovered the unfulfilled need and enthusiasm for designer toys of Chinese young adults.

社恐 shè kǒng Social phobia
社 shè：social 恐 kǒng：fear
社交恐惧症 shèjiāo kǒngjù zhèng Social anxiety disorder is commonly shortened to 社恐

In Chinese context, abbr 社恐 is more commonly used as an excuse for people who want to avoid social gathering. They just prefer to stay home playing games, or being exhausted and want to take a rest from work or going out.

摆烂 bǎi làn
摆烂 is an attitude, meaning someone to become weak voluntarily, useless, not to strive and unprofitable, especially when knowing that one can't succeed.

Originally, 摆烂, or in English meaning tanking, is an NBA term referring to a calculated effort by a team's management to play less-competitive.

摆 in Chinese has the meaning of putting on, such as 摆架子bǎi jiàzi which means to put on airs.