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ID: 1047 Intermediate
In today's podcast, learn how to ask for a temporary capital injection, in Mandarin Chinese. If you need somebody to let you hold a few g's until payday, or slip you some skin to cover the electrical bill, this is the lesson for you.
Mon Dec 08 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
联系 liánxì to contact
遇到 yùdào to encounter
麻烦 máfan trouble
借 jiè to lend
喂，张宇，我是李家强。
wéi ，Zhāng Yǔ ，wǒ shì Lǐ Jiāqiáng 。
Hi, Zhang Yu. This is Li Jiaqiang.
家强啊，好久没联系了。你最近怎么样？
Jiāqiáng a ，hǎojiǔ méi liánxì le 。nǐ zuìjìn zěnmeyàng ？
Hi, Jiaqiang. It's been a long time. How've you been lately?
我...... 我，遇到点儿麻烦。
wǒ ...... wǒ ，yùdào diǎnr máfan 。
I...I 've got a bit of a problem.
怎么了？
zěnme le ？
What's the matter?
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