清談 Relationships | Upper Intermediate | Trad. Characters

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Today’s Upper Intermediate Lesson is all about 清談 Relationships in China.

Key Vocabulary:
走後門 – zǒuhòumén – lit. to enter by the back door; fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels; back door or under the counter connections
親戚 – qīnqi – a relative (i.e. family relation)
引薦 – yǐnjiàn – to recommend sb
試用期 – shìyòngqī – trial period
炒魷魚 – chǎoyóuyú – (coll.) to fire sb
察言觀色 – cháyánguānsè – to weigh up sb’s words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
實力 – shílì – strength
簡歷 – jiǎnlì – resume
關係 – guānxì – relationship
公私分明 – gōngsīfēnmíng – to keep business and personal affairs separate
正當 – zhèngdāng – proper
崗位 – gǎngwèi – position
直屬上司 – zhíshǔshàngsī – supervisor
長輩 – zhǎngbèi – elderly
培養 – péiyǎng – to build
社交平台 – shèjiāopíngtái – social media platform
網購 – wǎnggòu – online shopping
喜帖 – xǐtiě – wedding invitation
紅色炸彈 – hóngsèzhàdàn – wedding invitation
伴手禮 – bànshǒulǐ – souvenir

NOTE: This video features TRADITIONAL characters, which are used in Hong Kong and Taiwan. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Mainland China (simplified), the simplified-character version of this video is available at https://vimeo.com/661828340.

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