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Conjunctions are one of the hardest bits of any language to grasp; who knew something so small could prove so difficult to master? In today's Qing Wen we're going to help you sort out how to use "furthermore," "additionally" and "not only." Henceforth, you'll be a Chinese conjunction expert!

Our Qing Wen team is a pretty wild bunch - we love to go out on limbs and do things you never saw coming. In today's show, we're going to help you talk about expecting things (and defying expectations) as well as discuss the finer points of predicting the future in Chinese. We...umm...*anticipate* that you'll have a great time! 

While we at BST by no means promote violence or harming others, the weapons from throughout Chinese history are not only fascinating but an inexplicable part of many modern words and phrases within Chinese itself. Listen in as your hosts walk you through a few of the more common weapons as well as related language points! Also make sure to check out our lesson on the classic story of conflict on ChinesePod!  ? máo   ? dùn / ?? dùn pái ?? máo dùn???? zì xi?ng máo dùn   ????? shí b? b?n b?ng qì ?????????? shí b? b?n b?ng qì, yàng yàng j?ng t?ng [ ? d?o, ? qi?ng, ? jiàn, ? j?, ? f?, ? yuè, ? g?u, ? ch?, ? bi?n, ? ji?n, ? chuí, ? zhu?, ? t?ng, ? gùn, ? shuò, ? bàng, ? gu?i, ?? liú x?ng ]  ??? hóng y?ng qi?ng ????????? lín zhèn mó qi?ng, bú kuài y? gu?ng ???? d?o qi?ng bú rù  ? d?o ??????? gu?n g?ng miàn qián shu? dà d?o    ? jiàn ???? jiàn bá n? zh?ng  

Today's Qing Wen focuses on one of China's most treasured animals, the tiger, in idiom form. We'll flushing out half a dozen of the most common, and of course useful, idioms involving this fearsome beast that are sure to invigorate your Chinese. If you liked this lesson, please leave your comments below and we'll be sure to keep the animal-focused idiom lessons coming!

Quips and wordplay in any language are always welcome and entertaining, not to mention highly impressive if you happen to be using your nonnative language! In today's BST, ChinesePod star Connie joins us to break down a relatively complex form of Chinese wordplay: ??? (xi?hòuy?). Falling somewhere between an idiom and a riddle, these interesting patterns are a surefire way to impress your friends and sound even more like a native speaker! We will give fair warning that this BST is targeted at those learners who have already attained a reasonably high level of Chinese ability, but these were too interesting not to touch on! Tune in now!Here is a list of some of the ??? (xi?hòuy?) introduced in this week's show: ????? - ????  ròu b?ozi d? g?u - y?u qù wú huí  ???? - ???  m?o k? l?osh? - ji? cíb?i  ????? - ????  ní púsà guò hé - zìsh?n nán b?o  ????? - ??? ???  K?ng f?z? b?nji? - jìng shì sh?  ???? - ?????  zhàng èr j?ng?ng - m? bù zháo tóun?o  ????? - ?????  y?ba ch? huánglián - y?u k? shu? bù ch?  ???????? - ????  ji?nle zh?ma di?le x?gu? - y?n xi?o sh? dà    

We're following up our previous BST on (illegitimate) unique professions with five of the more law-abiding strain. While most of the professions on both of these lists are familiar and normal to Chinese people, today's number one is one that both Chinese people and foreigners alike find strange.

We're following up our exploration of popular Chinese internet slang with a part two. Today's show features quite a variety of character-related wordplay and slang, from forum slang to similar sounding characters to strategies for getting around the GFW. ?? ??? ?? ?? ?? ????? ?? ?? ??? ??? ???? ?????: ??????????????? ?: ??? ??? ??? ????? ????? ????? ???? ???? ????? ???? ? ????? ????: ?? ??? ??????? ?? ????? ????? ?? ?? ???? ???? ????