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Lili and Zhang Liang 11: Confiding in a Conniving Friend

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ID: 0462 Intermediate
Did you ever pour your heart out to a friend, only to discover you were playing right into that friend’s insidious master plan which would leave you broken-hearted and miserable? (Yeah, we hate it when that happens too.) Fortunately in this podcast it’s our friend Lili that’s getting duped – not us! Yes, it’s time to learn about some Chinese girl-to-girl deception, and pick up some Mandarin along the way.
Jenny, John
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看错 kàncuò to have misjudged
背着 bèizhe behind back
关机 guānjī to turn off (cell phone)
居然 jūrán surprising
陈静我觉得自己好像看错人了
Chén Jìng 陈静wǒ 我juéde 觉得zìjǐ 自己hǎoxiàng 好像kàncuòrén 看错人le 了
Chen Jing, I feel like I’ve misjudged someone.
怎么了我看你和张亮不是挺好的吗
zěnme le 怎么了wǒ 我kàn 看nǐ 你hé 和Zhāng Liàng 张亮bù 不shì 是tǐng 挺hǎo 好de 的ma 吗
What’s wrong? I thought things with you and Zhang Liang were going pretty well, weren’t they?
他好像背着我和他的同事在一起昨天他说加班我打他手机想关心他一下可没想到他关机了
tā 他hǎoxiàng 好像bèizhe 背着wǒ 我hé 和tā de 他的tóngshì 同事zàiyīqǐ 在一起zuótiān 昨天tā 他shuō 说jiābān 加班wǒ 我dǎ 打tā 他shǒujī 手机xiǎng 想guānxīn 关心tā 他yīxià 一下kě 可méixiǎngdào 没想到tā 他guānjī le 关机了
It seems he has been seeing a co-worker of his behind my back. Yesterday he said he was working overtime. I called his cell phone to show some concern for him, but never expected to find that he had his phone switched off.
什么居然关机不过张亮那么老实不会有问题的应该是手机没电了
shénme 什么jūrán 居然guānjī 关机bùguò 不过Zhāng Liàng 张亮nàme 那么lǎoshi 老实bùhuì 不会yǒuwèntí 有问题de 的yīnggāi 应该shì 是shǒujī 手机méi diàn 没电le 了
What? It's surprising that he would have his phone turned off. But Zhang Liang is so trustworthy, it shouldn’t be a problem. It’s probably that his battery died.
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