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1:38
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Miao's uncle decides to treat their American visitor, Susan, in a "diplomatic" fashion.
1:42
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Miao and Susan play a prank on Xiao Yong, making him believe that Miao has undergone a transformation.
1:35
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"Bài Nián" is a term for the Spring Festival tradition of paying visits to family and friends.
2:00
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While saying blessings is another Chinese Spring Festival tradition, one has to be careful of the blessings he or she chooses!
1:33
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When Miao's uncle accidentally gets drunk in an attempt to keep up his image, how will his image fare?
1:45
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Although getting drunk can be fun, it just might get in the way of one's attempt to convey a positive image.
1:04
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When adjectives are used as predicates in Chinese, there are three forms: affirmative, negative and interrogative.
1:34
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People often do crazy things when they are drunk. What kind of show have you put on in that state?
1:13
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With Susan staying with them for Chinese New Year, Miao's family feels a bit unsure how to act in front of the foreign guest.
1:16
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On their way home from the temple fair, Mai and Susan meet Mai's neighbor, Sister Liu.
1:27
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Eating dumplings with different types of fillings is a traditional Chinese New Year activity.
1:36
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A tradition of Chinese New Year is to eat dumplings with family but there's also another tradition within the dumplings. Can you guess what it is?
1:32
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Miao's family is shocked when Susan says she'll stay at their house longer.
1:10
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Since she's planning on becoming independent from her family, Susan will be staying with Miao's family long-term.
1:20
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The mystery of the dumplings is that the person who eats the lucky dumpling with the coin filling will be the luckiest person in the coming year.
1:14
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Fighting jet lag is the worst. Miao stays up with Susan while she's attempting to adjust to the time change.
1:18
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What do you do when you can't go to sleep? Do you drink milk or do you count sheep?
1:17
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As one's day depends upon the morning, you might want to start waking up earlier.
1:54
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Susan has taken the breakfast sign from a store. What do you think she will do with it?
1:58
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The family gets into an argument, debating whether Susan should sell Chinese food or Western food. Do you think that Susan is really trying to open a breakfast shop?
1:20
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Have you ever tried mixing the Chinese and Western breakfasts together?
1:10
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Chinese is very complicated because the same characters can have different meanings depending on the context, similar to homographs in English.
2:07
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The family's neighbor is trying to introduce a girl to Xiao Wei. Let's see how things go.
1:26
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One should never judge a person by his or her appearance. It's what's inside that counts.
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