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Doing Business in the Bath House

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ID: 1523 Upper Intermediate
What goes on in a Chinese bath house? Maybe not all of it is fit for a family podcast, but in this lesson a husband insists that bath houses are rapidly becoming popular (and legitimate) places to make business deals. Listen in on the debate and learn some useful Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Oct 19 2010 | Jenny, John
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N次 N cì immeasurable amount of times, 'million' times
浴场 yùchǎng bath house
鬼 guǐ stealthy, secret
搓澡 cuōzǎo rub down
我晚上给你打了N次电话，你为什么不接？
wǒ wǎnshang gěi nǐ dǎ le N cì diànhuà ，nǐ wèishénme bù jiē ？
I called you like a million times tonight. Why haven't you answered?
不是跟你说了吗？当时在浴场谈生意，手机锁在柜子里了。
bùshì gēn nǐ shuō le ma ？dāngshí zài yùchǎng tán shēngyi ，shǒujī suǒ zài guìzi lǐ le 。
I told you didn't I? I was discussing business in the bath house at the time. My phone was locked in the locker.
什么鬼生意，非要去浴场谈？
shénme guǐ shēngyi ，fēiyào qù yùchǎng tán ？
What kind of shady business is it that you absolutely must discuss in a bath house?
老婆，你不知道，现在就流行在浴场谈生意。
lǎopó ，nǐ bù zhīdào ，xiànzài jiù liúxíng zài yùchǎng tán shēngyi 。
Honey, you don't get it. It's popular these days to talk business in bath houses.
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