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Tips While Living in China - Part 1

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ID: 4602 Upper Intermediate
Today's Upper Intermediate Lesson is all about 清谈 Tips while living in China, Part 1.
Tue Oct 19 2021 | Lyn, Pauli
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
乞丐 qǐgài beggar
二维码 èrwéimǎ two-dimensional barcode
扫描 sǎomiáo to scan
砍价 kǎnjià to bargain
移动支付就是指用手机或是其他的电子设备进行电子货币的支付。
yídòng zhīfù jiùshì zhǐ yòng shǒujī huòshì qítā de diànzǐ shèbèi jìnxíng diànzǐ huòbì de zhīfù 。
Mobile payment is the payment made through mobile phones or other electronic devices.
我在昆明看到乞丐也会给你他的二维码，让你可以扫描。
wǒ zài Kūnmíng kàndào qǐgài yě huì gěi nǐ tā de èrwéimǎ ，ràng nǐ kěyǐ sǎomiáo 。
I even saw beggars giving out QR codes for you to scan in Kunming.
砍价的意思就是指我们买东西的时候让老板给我们更便宜的价钱。
kǎnjià de yìsi jiùshì zhǐ wǒmen mǎi dōngxi de shíhou ràng lǎobǎn gěi wǒmen gèng piányi de jiàqian 。
Haggling means asking the owner to give us a cheaper price when we are buying things.
有些商品的标价和最后的成交价差很多。
yǒuxiē shāngpǐn de biāojià hé zuìhòu de chéngjiāojià chà hěnduō 。
For some products, the marked price and the final closing price are very different.
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