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Drinking Ability

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ID: 0643 Upper Intermediate
Due to an extra-smart poddie's recent uber-technical diagnosis of why Asians turn red whilst drinking, there is no need for further racial alcohol-tolerance profiling here at ChinesePod. As a postscript to that, listen in to this podcast to learn how to rate your own drinking prowess in Mandarin Chinese, and to find out that, yes, there are people in the world who don't think baijiu tastes like formaldehyde.
Wed Sep 19 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
吃吃喝喝 chīchī hēhē to wine and dine
千杯不醉 qiānbēibùzuì drink 1,000 drinks without getting drunk
不醉不归 bùzuìbùguī to not leave sober
女中豪杰 nǚzhōngháojié exceptional woman
完了，区域总经理要来了。
wán le ，qūyù zǒngjīnglǐ yào lái le 。
It's over. The regional manager is coming.
怎么，他很凶吗？
zěnme ，tā hěn xiōng ma ？
What, is he bad-tempered?
不凶，他对员工很好。
bù xiōng ，tā duì yuángōng hěn hǎo 。
No, he's good to the employees.
那你还担心什么？
nà nǐ hái dānxīn shénme ？
So what are you worried about?
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