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Picking Up Girls（上）

Picking Up Girls（上）
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ID: 3079 Upper Intermediate
In this rather steamy lesson, we learn some interesting ways to chat someone up using The Thirty-Six Stratagems which is an old Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction. How to Really Exaggerate Your Chinese Qing Wen
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
Picking Up Girls（上）
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
掉渣 diàozhā lit: to have bits fall off; used as a complement to express an extreme of something i.e. super handsome
壁咚 bìdōng to push someone against a wall (romantic)
天菜 tiāncài someone that is exactly your type
等级 děngjí degree; level; rank
你看这个男主角真的帅到掉渣我好想被他壁咚
nǐ 你kàn 看zhè ge 这个nánzhǔjué 男主角zhēnde 真的shuài 帅dào 到diàozhā 掉渣wǒ 我hǎo 好xiǎng 想bèi 被tā 他bìdōng 壁咚
Look!!! This lead actor is insanely sexy, I would love to be shoved up against a wall by him.
唉情人节要到了我好想追我的一个天菜等级的同事啊每次看到她我都情不自禁地...
ài 唉qíngrénjié 情人节yào 要dào 到le 了wǒ 我hǎo 好xiǎng 想zhuī 追wǒ de 我的yī 一gè 个tiāncài 天菜děngjí 等级de 的tóngshì 同事ā 啊měicì 每次kàndào 看到tā 她wǒ 我dōu 都qíngbùzìjīn 情不自禁de 地. .. .. .
(sigh) It's almost valentines day, I'd love to court one of my colleagues who's exactly my type. Every time I see her, I can't help but...
想壁咚她吗你这个变态你不知道人帅真好人丑性骚扰吗
xiǎng 想bìdōng 壁咚tā 她ma 吗nǐ 你zhè ge 这个biàntài 变态nǐ 你bù 不zhīdào 知道rén 人shuài 帅zhēn 真hǎo 好rén 人chǒu 丑xìngsāorǎo 性骚扰ma 吗
shove her against a wall? You pervert! Haven't you heard the expression - if you're good looking it's okay, if you're not, it's sexual harassment.
你想多了我是说我都会情不自禁地心跳加速
nǐ 你xiǎng 想duō 多le 了wǒ 我shì 是shuō 说wǒ 我dōuhuì 都会qíngbùzìjīn 情不自禁de 地xīntiào 心跳jiāsù 加速
You're over thinking it, what I meant was, every time I see her, I can't help but feel my heart racing.
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