Juzi The Mandarin Podcast 桔子播客

Juzi, the mandarin podcast, helps overseas Chinese and global learners speak better Mandarin in a business context. Through lively interviews，engaging live casts and bite-size tutorials, the bilingual hosts David and Siok Siok help Chinese learners discover the joy of using Mandarin in everyday life, for work, for play and as well as for business. 「桔子播客」分享优质中文内容，鼓励海外华人及全球中文爱好者更好的用中文进行商务沟通。透过生动的采访，有趣的直播以及简短的微教程，双语主播桔子丁丁（又名，大胃）和桔子惜惜（惜惜）用普通话内容跟大家一起更好的生活，工作，交流，洽谈和创新。

This is a Chinese idiom to describe an exchange of good will, an act of reciprocity that shows respect for custom, decorum and etiquette.

David and Siok mentioned two different Chinese idioms in this Juzi Speaks segment and share the common mistakes Mandarin learners make when they use these idioms.

礼尚往来 / LI3 SHANG4 WANG3 LAI2 / adv. (PROPER BEHAVIOR IS BASED ON RECIPROCITY) TO RETURN POLITENESS FOR POLITENESS

桃李之馈 / TAO3 LI3 ZHI1 KUI4 / noun. EXCHANGE GIFTS

Juzi Speaks is a regular segment of the Juzi The Mandarin Podcast. David and Siok share an everyday Chinese phrase, an ancient proverb or even a piece of slang in a fun three minute segment. For more of their conversation about “Gifts and Giving”, listen to episode 33 of Juzi the Mandarin Podcast.

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For bilingual show notes on the Mandarin vocabulary shared during the episode, visit the official Juzi The Mandarin Podcast website at

http://juzi.sg/index.php/2021/02/14/juzi-live-ep28-show-notes/