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Tips While Living in China - Part 1

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ID: 4602 Upper Intermediate
Today's Upper Intermediate Lesson is all about 清谈 Tips while living in China, Part 1.
Lyn,Pauli
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乞丐 qǐgài beggar
二维码 èrwéimǎ two-dimensional barcode
扫描 sǎomiáo to scan
砍价 kǎnjià to bargain
移动支付就是指用手机或是其他的电子设备进行电子货币的支付
yídòng 移动zhīfù 支付jiùshì 就是zhǐ 指yòng 用shǒujī 手机huòshì 或是qítā 其他de 的diànzǐ 电子shèbèi 设备jìnxíng 进行diànzǐ 电子huòbì 货币de 的zhīfù 支付
Mobile payment is the payment made through mobile phones or other electronic devices.
我在昆明看到乞丐也会给你他的二维码让你可以扫描
wǒ 我zài 在Kūnmíng 昆明kàndào 看到qǐgài 乞丐yě 也huì 会gěi 给nǐ 你tā 他de 的èrwéimǎ 二维码ràng 让nǐ 你kěyǐ 可以sǎomiáo 扫描
I even saw beggars giving out QR codes for you to scan in Kunming.
砍价的意思就是指我们买东西的时候让老板给我们更便宜的价钱
kǎnjià 砍价de 的yìsi 意思jiùshì 就是zhǐ 指wǒmen 我们mǎi 买dōngxi 东西de 的shíhou 时候ràng 让lǎobǎn 老板gěi 给wǒmen 我们gèng 更piányi 便宜de 的jiàqian 价钱
Haggling means asking the owner to give us a cheaper price when we are buying things.
有些商品的标价和最后的成交价差很多
yǒuxiē 有些shāngpǐn 商品de 的biāojià 标价hé 和zuìhòu 最后de 的chéngjiāojià 成交价chà 差hěnduō 很多
For some products, the marked price and the final closing price are very different.
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