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<video:title>5 Words for Watermelon and a Hot Summer Day</video:title>
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<video:description>Two flatmates face a hot summer day and share a watermelon. Five words (西瓜, 瓜, 甜, 切, 夏天) are taught, each with three sentences to repeat and a common mistake.</video:description>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-culture-chopsticks</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Chopsticks</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson teaches what chopsticks are, how long China has used them, how to use them well, and the manners that go with them.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/SDpappLBsRw</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>425</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T22:14:41.372Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-vocabulary-3-words-for-feelings</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>3 Words for Feelings</video:title>
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<video:description>Three useful words for feelings: 开心, 难过 and 紧张, each shown in a small moment of adult life with sentences to repeat.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/qYBVw1S2WPk</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>156</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T22:09:25.110Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-there-is-only-one-microphone</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>There Is Only One Microphone</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BdCox49EPjA/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Two colleagues who never get along end up in a karaoke room and fight over the same song, then find they both love it and sing it together.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/BdCox49EPjA</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>149</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T22:07:05.018Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-the-cake-on-the-roof</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Cake on the Roof</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kI-InaiJVE8/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A delivery rider finds a customer's cake box empty on the rooftop. A small clue shows who ate it: the customer's own hand has cream on it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/kI-InaiJVE8</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>103</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T05:14:09.766Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-special-the-boss-s-cake-shop-2</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Boss's Cake Shop</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IU0fkrqnRlc/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Two flatmates celebrate a milestone with a party, then a lost cake order, a talking-too-much phone and a surprise election turn one wild week into a happy ending.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/IU0fkrqnRlc</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>58</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T04:52:18.049Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-special-the-boss-s-cake-shop</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Boss's Cake Shop</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wcblX9JkLD4/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Two flatmates celebrate a milestone with a party, then a lost cake order, a talking-too-much phone and a surprise election turn one wild week into a happy ending.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/wcblX9JkLD4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>895</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-24T04:36:13.605Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-story-the-blue-scarf-at-the-bar</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Blue Scarf at the Bar</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gumFqx_-tFc/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A young couple at a quiet bar after work notice that the boyfriend's scarf has disappeared. The clues lead to a kind surprise from the bartender and a cup of tea.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/gumFqx_-tFc</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>552</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-23T21:24:04.598Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-on-the-bus</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>On the Bus</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k1mOnO6Snz4/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask a bus driver whether the bus goes to the airport.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/k1mOnO6Snz4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>57</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-23T13:16:45.148Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-episode-1-the-new-home</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Episode 1: The New Home</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3TS1gWbd8og/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Lin moves to Shanghai, starts a new job and meets her warm but jumpy roommate Xiao Mei. After hearing whispers on the balcony at night, she wakes to find Xiao Mei gone and her phone left on the table.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/3TS1gWbd8og</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>691</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-23T06:33:18.924Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-it-s-you-again</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>It's You Again!</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nlTB_NkfKw4/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Two neighbours both arrive at a hotel lobby for a blind date and discover they were set up with each other. They laugh and decide to have dinner together anyway.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/nlTB_NkfKw4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>130</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-23T05:15:13.770Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-looking-for-the-restroom-at-the-mall</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Looking for the Restroom at the Mall</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x30CtG5mCsk/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask a mall staff member for help, ask where something is, and understand simple directions such as upstairs, left and right.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/x30CtG5mCsk</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>344</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T23:20:58.943Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-listening-quiz-the-promise-of-twenty-glasses</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Promise of Twenty Glasses</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7OSjVnKpUEg/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>At a wedding banquet, new employee Xiao Li worries because he promised his boss Boss Wang he would drink with every table. In the end, Xiao Li keeps his promise with tea.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/7OSjVnKpUEg</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>79</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T13:18:12.666Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
<lastmod>2026-10-24T05:13:19.516Z</lastmod>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-word-pair-ci-vs-bian-two-ways-to-say-times</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Ci vs Bian: Two Ways to Say Times</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zUHsM3D6kBI/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>次 counts how many times something happens. 遍 counts how many times you go through something from start to end.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/zUHsM3D6kBI</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>255</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T11:31:38.374Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-gift-in-the-hotel-lobby</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Gift in the Hotel Lobby</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gOh9a1ES-U/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A girl waits in a hotel lobby for a birthday gift from her father. She expects a phone, but gets a small plant and learns why he chose it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/_gOh9a1ES-U</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>297</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T09:32:54.851Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-practical-picking-up-a-parcel-at-the-delivery-locker</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Picking Up a Parcel at the Delivery Locker</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CYIPg3Vv6Ak/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can answer a delivery rider's call, say where you are, and ask for help to get your parcel from a locker.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/CYIPg3Vv6Ak</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>249</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T09:17:28.377Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-word-pair-hui-vs-neng-vs-keyi-three-ways-to-say-can</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Hui vs Neng vs Keyi: Three Ways to Say Can</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TT7WseKewl0/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Three short scenes show when to use 会 for a learned skill, 能 for ability or condition, and 可以 for permission.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/TT7WseKewl0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>59</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T07:58:34.470Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-vocabulary-3-words-for-the-supermarket</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>3 Words for the Supermarket</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yRKU4rOu5D0/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Learn three useful supermarket words: 超市, 便宜 and 袋子. Repeat the example sentences and avoid common learner mistakes.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/yRKU4rOu5D0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>153</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T07:51:36.360Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-note-in-the-bread</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Note in the Bread</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aBsQp-yWYTs/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>In a bakery, a young man finds a note in his bread. It is from his girlfriend, who is hiding behind the counter, and it says happy birthday.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/aBsQp-yWYTs</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>136</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T07:19:21.783Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-practical-asking-the-way-at-the-subway-station</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Asking the Way at the Subway Station</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vN0e6OtGPrE/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask a station worker where a place is and understand how far and which way to go.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/vN0e6OtGPrE</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>52</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T07:16:48.978Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-practical-at-the-hair-salon</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>At the Hair Salon</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lCA02zgE1ZQ/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can tell a hair stylist how short you want your hair cut and ask how much it costs.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/lCA02zgE1ZQ</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>154</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T06:28:22.802Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-grammar-asking-yes-or-no-questions-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Asking yes or no questions with 吗</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D59mOitD81w/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A child asks Mom if she is hungry, then asks if she wants noodles. Two short questions show how 吗 works.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/D59mOitD81w</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>67</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T05:14:45.238Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-practical-changing-money-at-the-bank</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Changing Money at the Bank</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2Xv8vlHWg0U/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>The viewer learns to ask a bank clerk to change money, using one simple sentence with a passport ready.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Xv8vlHWg0U</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>65</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T01:11:52.751Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-shopping-at-a-small-shop</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Shopping at a Small Shop</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Any95mEKI-k/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask the price, ask how many are left, and give your phone number to a shopkeeper in China.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/Any95mEKI-k</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>302</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-21T20:44:27.686Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-at-the-bookstore</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>At the Bookstore</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s63K6wYY9kY/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask a bookstore clerk for a Chinese book, ask the price, and ask where to pay.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/s63K6wYY9kY</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>158</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-21T20:09:02.636Z</video:publication_date>
</video:video>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-is-this-for-me</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Is This for Me?</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/faF0w8xdShE/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>At the zoo, two roommates open a birthday gift from their third roommate. Instead of a toy, it holds a ticket to see the pandas, which is a surprise.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/faF0w8xdShE</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>56</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-21T05:12:22.024Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-little-white-s-new-home</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Little White's New Home</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WIkP-q2cbEU/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A shy old man comes to a pet shop every day just to look at one white rabbit. The shopkeeper gently helps him decide to take the rabbit home.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/WIkP-q2cbEU</video:player_loc>
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<video:title>Checking In at a Hotel</video:title>
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<video:title>At the Pharmacy</video:title>
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<video:description>After this lesson you can tell a pharmacist that you are sick, say what hurts, and ask for medicine and its price.</video:description>
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<video:title>Red Envelopes</video:title>
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<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/zOC89GNocws</video:player_loc>
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<video:title>In Front of the Restroom</video:title>
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<video:description>After this lesson you can ask a local where the toilet is and understand the directions you hear.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/CUJKraWEHQI</video:player_loc>
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<video:title>Describing things with 很 + adjective</video:title>
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<video:description>A little girl tastes a bowl of noodles and says it is hot, then says it is delicious.</video:description>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-story-flower-tea-on-the-rooftop</loc>
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<video:title>Flower Tea on the Rooftop</video:title>
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<video:description>A tea shop owner takes a regular customer up to his rooftop garden on a windy afternoon. They share a pot of tea made from flowers he grew himself.</video:description>
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<video:duration>512</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-19T21:42:10.836Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>The Gift on the Train</video:title>
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<video:description>Two neighbours on a long train ride open a gift box for their other neighbour. Inside is not a cake or a toy but a simple old key to a garden gate, and it makes them smile.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dIEDLw2S_4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>138</video:duration>
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<video:title>Getting more and more so, with 越来越</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Li moves to a new city and starts a small noodle stall. Things change little by little, and everything gets better and better.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/F-S3nT0oNT4</video:player_loc>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-listening-quiz-the-umbrella-on-the-mountain-path</loc>
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<video:title>The Umbrella on the Mountain Path</video:title>
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<video:description>Two neighbours climb a mountain, and rain starts. Only one has an umbrella, and it is much too small.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/9nvO_bl3ChU</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>174</video:duration>
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<video:title>At the Train Station</video:title>
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<video:description>After this lesson you can buy a train ticket at the ticket window: say where you want to go, when, and ask the price.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/-VSxd--uan8</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>172</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-don-t-eat-so-much-anymore</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Don't Eat So Much Anymore</video:title>
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<video:description>A night market customer wants to stop eating too many meatballs-on-sticks every night, but the shopkeeper knows his habit. In the end he buys just one and smiles.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/riJgjLOmKQE</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>117</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-19T05:11:58.695Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-at-the-phone-shop</loc>
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<video:title>At the Phone Shop</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bgVDrb4NgNg/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>After this lesson you can ask for a phone card in a shop, say how much you want to pay, and show your phone for help.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/bgVDrb4NgNg</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>322</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-18T23:16:28.281Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-culture-the-mid-autumn-festival</loc>
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<video:title>The Mid-Autumn Festival</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cNDYJrN8EA0/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>This lesson teaches what the Mid-Autumn Festival is, when it happens, and why families gather to eat mooncakes and look at the moon.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/cNDYJrN8EA0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>603</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-18T22:55:34.770Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-in-the-taxi</loc>
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<video:title>In the Taxi</video:title>
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<video:description>After this lesson you can tell a taxi driver where you are going, using a simple phrase.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/KkzrtYsWA60</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>54</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-18T22:41:12.466Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-where-is-the-robot</loc>
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<video:title>Where Is the Robot?</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5X09d8VFxAc/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Two farm colleagues talk about a new robot helper. It works so fast that it has already finished the whole job.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/5X09d8VFxAc</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>52</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-18T21:13:21.099Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-dad-s-noodles</loc>
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<video:title>Dad's Noodles</video:title>
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<video:description>A father takes his daughter to a small noodle restaurant on her first day of holiday. She discovers the cook is her dad's old friend, and Dad once cooked there too.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/gYv0DGlrSZo</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>443</video:duration>
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<video:title>Grandma's Sweet Potatoes</video:title>
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<video:description>A grandson named Xiaoming comes into his grandmother's village kitchen and asks what smells so good. She hands him a hot roasted sweet potato from the stove.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZqWAtTpQmq4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>60</video:duration>
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<video:title>Saying no with 不</video:title>
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<video:description>A little boy is offered milk and a vegetable at the table. He says no to both with 不.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/mwpPazD-sJA</video:player_loc>
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<video:title>The Contest at the Airport</video:title>
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<video:description>A boss at an airport holds a quiz to find the best worker. The new employee, who is shy, wins because she knows the airport best.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/MytEajbD90Q</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>487</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-17T23:38:53.149Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>Dad's Birthday Gift</video:title>
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<video:description>In a hotel lobby, a daughter gives her father a birthday gift. He expects a watch, but it is a drawing of the two of them, and he loves it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/fePtaNPdp2A</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>144</video:duration>
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<video:title>了 (le) "Saying an action is done with 了"</video:title>
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<video:description>On Grandpa's seventieth birthday, a girl and her grandma shop, cook noodles and sing a song. Grandpa comes home to a happy surprise.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/KTJRWE1CWok</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>331</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-17T14:19:45.705Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-grammar-saying-what-is-happening-right-now-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Saying what is happening right now with 正在</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Li calls her mom and, with each call, finds out what everyone at home is doing right now. At last she hears that dinner is ready and rushes home.</video:description>
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<video:duration>133</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-culture-the-great-wall</loc>
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<video:title>The Great Wall</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eLU5hF24vo4/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>This lesson teaches where the Great Wall is, why people built it, and how people enjoy it today.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/eLU5hF24vo4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>642</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-grammar-saying-what-you-want-to-do-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Saying what you want to do with 想</video:title>
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<video:description>A little girl is hungry and tells her mom she wants to eat noodles. Mom smiles and makes a big bowl for her.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/s5N_1hYOwNk</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>52</video:duration>
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<video:title>My Egg Is Walking</video:title>
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<video:description>A boy sees an egg walking on the table and asks his sister. She laughs and tells him to look closer: it is a small chick coming out.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/7O1IwSJm1Jw</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>52</video:duration>
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<video:title>Tea</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson teaches where tea comes from, the main kinds of Chinese tea, and how tea shows respect and friendship in daily life.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/TGS90LMIeJg</video:player_loc>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-listening-quiz-the-table-is-running</loc>
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<video:title>The Table Is Running</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl sees her table running out of the house. She asks where it wants to go.</video:description>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-story-the-neighbor-who-kept-moving</loc>
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<video:title>The Neighbor Who Kept Moving</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Li hears strange noises from the apartment upstairs every night and imagines the worst. When he finally goes up, he finds an old lady rearranging furniture because she cannot sleep, and they become friends.</video:description>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-the-umbrella-that-talks</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Umbrella That Talks</video:title>
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<video:description>A man takes his old umbrella out on a sunny day, and the umbrella tells him in a small voice that it is going to rain.</video:description>
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<video:duration>52</video:duration>
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<video:title>Comparing things with 比</video:title>
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<video:description>A brother and his two sisters shop for a birthday dress for Mom, comparing prices, sizes and speed along the way, and Mom is happier than all of them.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/TPtUE8ERhOw</video:player_loc>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-grammar-saying-from-one-place-or-time-to-another-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Saying from one place or time to another with 从……到……</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Ming goes on a busy Saturday, walking from home to the park and then to the shop, and ends up very tired but happy.</video:description>
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<video:duration>151</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-lost-shoe</loc>
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<video:title>The Lost Shoe</video:title>
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<video:description>A man looks for his missing left shoe in the morning, and his sister helps him find it in a surprising place: the dog has hidden it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/0mTIJZie3D4</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>806</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-16T09:32:15.025Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-grammar-saying-what-happened-to-something-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Saying what happened to something with 被</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Ming's birthday cake keeps getting ruined by a sneaky cat, until the cat is the one who gets caught and given a little treat.</video:description>
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<video:duration>169</video:duration>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-fridge-that-talks</loc>
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<video:title>The Fridge That Talks</video:title>
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<video:description>A man hears a voice in his kitchen at night and thinks the fridge is talking. His sister laughs and finds the real cause: his phone alarm inside the fridge.</video:description>
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<video:duration>137</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-culture-the-dragon-boat-festival</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Dragon Boat Festival</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson teaches that the Dragon Boat Festival remembers the poet Qu Yuan and is celebrated with zongzi and dragon boat races.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y_oz8zgphP8</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>165</video:duration>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-culture-the-spring-festival-chinese-new-year</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson teaches what the Spring Festival is, how families celebrate it, and why it matters in China today.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/LDFSHuy61SE</video:player_loc>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-one-umbrella</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>One Umbrella</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl and a man share one big yellow umbrella on a rainy day, and find out the umbrella belongs to the man, who lost it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/tVjB1_o5C_g</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>586</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T23:31:53.230Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-grammar-doing-something-to-a-thing-with</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Doing something to a thing with 把</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Ming wants to give his mom a surprise birthday dinner, but the cake causes some trouble. With the help of his dad, everything ends happily.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/-bWTOtvARDw</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>600</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T21:51:07.469Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-listening-quiz-the-flying-bread</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Flying Bread</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl opens her bag at school and finds her bread flew away. In the end it is on the tree outside.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/pe7naabfTD0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>62</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T21:24:15.018Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-can-an-egg-fly</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>Can an Egg Fly?</video:title>
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<video:description>A boy holds an egg at breakfast and asks if it can fly. His mother jokes that it can, but it will fall on the floor.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/6KHJNz-LAX0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>57</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T21:23:13.796Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-the-singing-washing-machine</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Singing Washing Machine</video:title>
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<video:description>Every night a strange song comes from Xiao Li's washing machine, and he is too scared to sleep. In the end he finds out the real reason, and the song makes the whole building happy.</video:description>
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<video:duration>863</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T20:33:44.816Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-listening-quiz-the-walking-melon</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Walking Melon</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Li buys a big melon at the market, but it rolls away down the road. He chases it all the way to the park, where it stops at an old man's feet and they share it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5LL5Sc5tZY</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>448</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T20:22:40.576Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-my-egg-can-walk</loc>
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<video:title>My Egg Can Walk</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl finds an egg on her desk that seems to move. Surprise: a tiny hat-wearing chick is hiding in a box, and she shares her rice with it.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/uIL22e5QY2s</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>165</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T20:16:08.192Z</video:publication_date>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-3-chinese-listening-quiz-the-singing-alarm-clock</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Singing Alarm Clock</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uD-_BtAIkfY/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>Xiao Li's alarm clock breaks and he asks his grandfather's old rooster-shaped clock to help. It sings so loudly that the whole building wakes up, and the neighbors end up thanking him.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/uD-_BtAIkfY</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>768</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T09:50:02.229Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-where-is-my-cup</loc>
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<video:title>Where Is My Cup</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3770XRmZw2c/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A girl looks for her cup in the morning. Her older brother finds it in a surprising place: on her own head!</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/3770XRmZw2c</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>71</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T09:02:32.395Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-grandpa-and-the-kite</loc>
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<video:title>Grandpa and the Kite</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V4P0HhXIGeQ/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A shy boy cannot make his kite fly, but a kind old man in the park teaches him step by step. At last the kite flies high and the two become friends.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/V4P0HhXIGeQ</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>430</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-listening-quiz-the-cat-is-in-my-bag-2</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Cat Is in My Bag</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aRkH4u7MPbs/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A girl hears a strange sound from her school bag in class. A small cat is inside, so she takes it home.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/aRkH4u7MPbs</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>164</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T07:51:57.277Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-talking-egg</loc>
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<video:title>The Talking Egg</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Ming hears a voice in the kitchen and thinks an egg is talking. It turns out his little sister is hiding behind the table, playing a joke on him.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/42gfbxSeyfU</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>142</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-little-panda-goes-to-school</loc>
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<video:title>The Little Panda Goes to School</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rRdt6Hy9eP8/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A shy little panda is afraid on his first day of school. A kind girl shares her book with him, and he finds a friend.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/rRdt6Hy9eP8</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>132</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T07:48:06.574Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-singing-taxi</loc>
<video:video>
<video:title>The Singing Taxi</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cYm5STckxk0/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A woman gets into a taxi and finds the driver singing happily. She is late for a meeting, but his song makes her feel so good that she forgets to be angry.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/cYm5STckxk0</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>169</video:duration>
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<video:title>The Song on the Street</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ZTVcgvnj2Q/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A shy little girl stops to listen to a street musician. He invites her to sing with him, and she finds her voice.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/5ZTVcgvnj2Q</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>139</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-where-is-my-phone</loc>
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<video:title>Where Is My Phone</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Psmk2fC442o/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A girl cannot find her phone and asks her brother for help. They look everywhere, and the phone turns out to be in a very funny place.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/Psmk2fC442o</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>280</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-15T07:46:12.401Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>The Cat Is in My Bag</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl hears something in her school bag in class. She opens it and finds a small cat inside.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/g0oG8LnVduI</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>177</video:duration>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-airplane-over-the-tea-hill</loc>
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<video:title>The Airplane Over the Tea Hill</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aUR7R7lGA94/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>A tea farmer's daughter tells her father she wants to fly planes. He is worried at first, but then he makes her a promise.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/aUR7R7lGA94</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>329</video:duration>
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<video:title>The Letter in the Old Bookshop</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl finds a mysterious letter in an old bookshop. The letter turns out to be a note from the old shopkeeper, who wants her to have a book.</video:description>
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<video:duration>143</video:duration>
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<video:title>The Robot Learns Tea</video:title>
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<video:description>A little robot wants to learn tea ceremony from his teacher, but he is too heavy-handed and spills the tea. The teacher smiles and teaches him to go slowly, and the robot makes a good cup.</video:description>
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<video:duration>137</video:duration>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-dragon-who-loves-to-sleep</loc>
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<video:title>The Dragon Who Loves to Sleep</video:title>
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<video:description>A big dragon sleeps by the village well and the villagers cannot get water. A little girl asks it nicely, and the dragon wakes up, helps, and then goes back to sleep.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/ci58gvhW8Hg</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>137</video:duration>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-last-subway</loc>
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<video:title>The Last Subway</video:title>
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<video:description>Xiao Ming misses the last subway home at night. A kind taxi driver helps him, and he gets home to a warm bowl of noodles.</video:description>
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<video:duration>172</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-panda-chef</loc>
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<video:title>The Panda Chef</video:title>
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<video:description>A panda named Xiaobao dreams of being a chef, but his first dishes taste bad. He studies hard, and his friends love his cooking.</video:description>
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<video:duration>269</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-dad-what-is-that-smell</loc>
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<video:title>Dad, What Is That Smell?</video:title>
<video:thumbnail_loc>https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O0OsnsmOkMI/hqdefault.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:description>On moving day, Nora's father brings dinner to her new flat for a quiet evening, but a bad smell and a broken oven ruin the plan. They end up eating pizza on the floor and laughing.</video:description>
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<video:duration>96</video:duration>
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<video:title>Saying no with ne … pas</video:title>
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<video:description>Léa and her flatmate Hugo argue about the rent. Hugo has no money, but he has a plan.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/0HsNMORneyo</video:player_loc>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-word-pair-bon-vs-bien-two-ways-to-say-good</loc>
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<video:title>Bon vs Bien: Two Ways to Say Good</video:title>
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<video:description>Six everyday adult situations show when to use bon (an adjective describing a thing) and when to use bien (an adverb describing how something is done).</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/PbP-1rQqBCM</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>222</video:duration>
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<video:title>3 Words for the Kitchen</video:title>
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<video:description>Learn three useful kitchen words in French: the fridge, the frying pan and the oven. Each comes with short sentences to repeat and a common learner mistake.</video:description>
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<video:duration>128</video:duration>
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<video:title>French Cheese</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson explains why cheese is so important in France, from its many types to the way people eat it today.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/85iIkHvoF3w</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>325</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-conversation-the-lecture-hall-door</loc>
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<video:title>The Lecture Hall Door</video:title>
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<video:description>An exchange student finds a lecture hall door that should be locked and a strange note inside. The professor has a funny, simple explanation.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/erCwu_ta2HY</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>54</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-vocabulary-3-words-for-clothes</loc>
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<video:title>3 Words for Clothes</video:title>
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<video:description>Three useful French clothing words, each shown in a short everyday moment with sentences to repeat and a common learner mistake.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/ISm-aWZ1FOM</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>148</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-word-pair-c-est-vs-il-est-two-ways-to-say-he-is</loc>
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<video:title>C'est vs Il est: Two Ways to Say He Is</video:title>
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<video:description>Three short moments show when to use c'est and when to use il est in French. One word fits each sentence.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/J257T0opqXI</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>54</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-story-the-back-door</loc>
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<video:title>The Back Door</video:title>
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<video:description>Camille and her blunt grandmother Odette find a door open in their closed town library, with a strange note on the desk. The 'stranger' turns out to be the night cleaner, and Odette gets a surprise.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/6prC0bH7DaE</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>509</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-word-pair-depuis-vs-pendant-vs-il-y-a-three-ways-to-say-time</loc>
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<video:title>Depuis vs Pendant vs Il y a: Three Ways to Say Time</video:title>
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<video:description>Three short scenes show how to talk about time in French: since when, for how long, and how long ago.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/t8NQON3MU88</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>58</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T23:35:28.976Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>My First Milking</video:title>
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<video:description>On a train to the countryside, old Marcel invites young Camille to his farm. She tries to milk a cow for the first time, and it goes badly but ends with a laugh.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/j6c6PBw4Y9c</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>251</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-grammar-making-adjectives-agree-with-feminine-nouns</loc>
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<video:title>Making adjectives agree with feminine nouns</video:title>
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<video:description>A girl sees a little cat and a little dog. Each animal gets the right form of the adjective.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/rxh69ecszzM</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>75</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-22T05:14:22.643Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>Who Carries the Heaviest Suitcase?</video:title>
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<video:description>At an airport, a boss organizes a small contest with suitcases. The new employee wins in an unexpected way.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/d_Lg_CXtQdY</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>67</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-the-first-swimming-lesson</loc>
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<video:title>The First Swimming Lesson</video:title>
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<video:description>Two colleagues go to the pool together. Hugo, who has never swum, learns that the water is not as simple as he said.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/WiI_cs8NCiA</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>130</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-21T20:09:04.215Z</video:publication_date>
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<video:title>Ordering politely with je voudrais</video:title>
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<video:description>Léa goes to a café with her little brother Hugo and politely orders drinks and food. A funny surprise with the sugar ends the visit happily.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/tHPQng1fBzo</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>355</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-story-bread-without-phones</loc>
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<video:title>Bread Without Phones</video:title>
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<video:description>A young couple goes to a bakery in a town where nobody can use a phone for one day. They must talk to each other and to the baker to find the right bread for their picnic.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/-PpwteneeQE</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>106</video:duration>
<video:publication_date>2026-10-20T21:17:55.500Z</video:publication_date>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-practical-at-the-pharmacy</loc>
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<video:title>At the Pharmacy</video:title>
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<video:description>After this lesson you can explain a headache and a sore throat to a pharmacist, ask how to take the medicine, and pay by card.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/1W-xqUaCMeA</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>300</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-conversation-this-is-not-my-order</loc>
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<video:title>This Is Not My Order!</video:title>
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<video:description>A delivery rider gives a customer a bag in a busy train station, but the food is wrong. They find the mix-up and share a warm moment.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/fp5NEZXWtPc</video:player_loc>
<video:duration>134</video:duration>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-2-chinese-culture-the-baguette</loc>
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<video:title>The Baguette</video:title>
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<video:description>This lesson teaches what a baguette is, its simple recipe, its history, and how French people eat and protect it today.</video:description>
<video:player_loc>https://www.youtube.com/embed/2K7ldNotbB8</video:player_loc>
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<loc>https://www.mandarinshadow.app/lessons/hsk-1-chinese-practical-at-the-bakery-2</loc>
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<video:title>Saying what exists with il y a</video:title>
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<video:description>Léo works in a bakery and is too shy to say happy birthday to his girlfriend Nina. He hides a little note in her baguette bag, and it makes her day.</video:description>
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<video:description>Inès and her dog Pablo go to the bakery and then the park. A little cat runs away, and in the end it follows them home.</video:description>
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<video:title>Saying where things are with estar</video:title>
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<video:title>Ser vs Estar: Two Ways to Say To Be</video:title>
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<video:title>Por vs Para: Two Ways to Say For</video:title>
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<video:title>Llevar vs Traer: Two Ways to Carry</video:title>
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<video:title>The Bus Leaves at Eight!</video:title>
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