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Duality of culture

Duality of culture

Lianca Van der Merwe

In November, ChinesePod celebrated two very different holidays: Singles Day on November 11 in China and Thanksgiving on November 24, a family day in the United States. Even though these holidays have opposite meanings, on both holidays, huge sales and discounts are up for grabs.
During November we will explored the duality of culture and saw where things differ or overlap. We came up with a specially curated list of ‘opposite’ words in Chinese that when combined create new meaning.

You can browse all our FlashCards below.

7 Nov 2016
8 Nov 2016
10 Nov 2016

10 Nov 2016
Singles’ Day
14 Nov 2016

15 Nov 2016
16 Nov 2016
17 Nov 2016

18 Nov 2016
21 Nov 2016
22 Nov 2016

23 Nov 2016
Thanksgiving
Black Friday

Cyber Monday
29 Nov 2016
30 Nov 2016

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Lianca Van der Merwe

Lianca Van der Merwe

Lianca traverses the globe as a digital nomad but inevitably always end up somewhere in Asia. This is weird because, even though they have the best cuisine, the clothes don't fit her tall frame (pretty frustrating for a shopaholic). Her favourite ChinesePod lessons is 'How to Really Exaggerate Your Chinese' AKA 'Wolverine is soooo hot'.
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