Since gracing China with your presence you may be starting to suspect you’re getting better looking by the day: those double-eyelids, that great skin-tone, and ‘you’re beautiful’ catcalls from street vendors. This podcast just might put some ideas in your head. As you learn in Mandarin Chinese about registering for a beauty pageant, we can only hope you have some honest friends to prevent you from prancing around a shopping mall stage flaunting your wares. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0641

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. And also, the power of learning Mandarin with ChinesePod. For all the other uncertainties, take out some insurance. Learn how to do it, in Chinese, in today's podcast. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1065

Beauty' and 'bloggers' may not seem a likely recipe for an eye-pleasing swimsuit competition. But in the new internet age, worlds meld. In this podcast, learn in Mandarin Chinese about a blogger who has got it all: nerdiness and avatar-appeal. Makes you wonder what the talent competition will be like... Fastest typing speed? Mouse-click interpretive-percussion musical renditions...? Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0628

You look like a Tang beauty, but your ideal is more like Bruce Lee. Time to hit the gym with a personal trainer. Today's podcast will teach you the ins and outs of physical training, in Mandarin Chinese. ChinesePod wants to PUMP...you UP! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1056

Studying abroad: glamorous, exciting, and culturally stimulating, all wrapped up in one ball. That is, till you found yourself living in the backwaters of Arkansas, picking up a drawl and eating grits pretending they were rice porridge. In this lesson, listen as our excited yet possibly naïve student prepares for the trip of a lifetime (or not), in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0790

It's not easy to be the rice-winner. The boss is always after you. Even when you get home, the pressure never lets up. In today's podcast, learn to talk in Chinese about the pressures of balancing work, family, and fun. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1050

In the realm of dating, men's ruses to get women into their arms are universal. Oh yes... don't fall for the 'arms around you to shield you from the cold', the 'tandem bike ride home', the 'friendly shoulder rub', or the most transparent of all... the 'DVD ploy.' In this podcast, find out how to ask someone upstairs to watch a movie, and how to gracefully escape in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0776

Almost as fun as the argument itself is the post-mortem. Can those maniacs be serious? What were they thinking? What will we do if we bump into them again? With this podcast, you'll learn to pick over the bones of your latest squabble in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1038

There's a little busybody in all of us. Now is your chance... all those questions you always wanted to ask but didn't have the guts to. In this podcast, get past your western conservative-ism and learn to be nosy with the best of 'em, in Mandarin. You've graduated to using a Chinese squat toilet stall with no door... might as well have a conversation about income to pass the time while you're there. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0770

You haven't lived until you've had a shouting match with your neighbors at 8:00 in the morning. Listen to this practical Chinese lesson and learn how to stand up for yourself, in Mandarin. Tell 'em to take that trash out to the curb, where it belongs! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1034