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ID: 0612 Newbie
Since 'politically correct' is getting kind of old, ChinesePod today teeters on the edge of controversy with a purely shallow Mandarin Chinese lesson on looks. In this podcast, learn all about making disparaging comments about a person's appearance. Of course, we at ChinesePod do not advocate judging a person by their physical attributes... but jerks learn Chinese too, so we hereby discharge our duty to the meanies of the Chinese-learning world.
Sun Aug 19 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
真 zhēn really
好看 hǎokàn good-looking
谢谢 xièxie thank you
难看 nánkàn ugly
你真好看！
nǐ zhēn hǎokàn ！
You're really pretty!
谢谢。你真难看！
xièxie 。nǐ zhēn nánkàn ！
Thanks. You're really ugly!
你说什么？！
nǐ shuō shénme ？！
What?!
开玩笑。你不难看。
kāi wánxiào 。nǐ bù nánkàn 。
Just kidding. You're not ugly.
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