MSG028: Mandarin Problems YOU Might Have (Emily Wang)

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Beginner problem: Using “textbook” expressions like:

1.你好吗！(Can replace with你怎么样？最近忙吗？)

2.再见(Can replace with明天见、回见、or走了！)

3.请(Can replace with麻烦)

Intermediate problem: Sounding childish

1. Can replace overused words like真的with实在、确实

2. Use more complex sentence structures like开始的时候，然后，最后or虽然，但是

Expert problem: Using high-level phrases imprecisely

1.胡说八道(húshuō bādào), spouting nonsense

2.不明觉厉(bùmíng jué lì), to assume something is amazing because it’s hard to understand

3.斜杠青年(xiégāng qīngnián), a “/ youth”, or youngster with too many hobbies or careers, ie “musician/writer/translator/pastry chef”

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