In this episode of ABC in the Middle, I’m sharing a powerful Chinese moral story I grew up with, now retold for my son—and for you. This is a Mandarin language version of the story behind the idiom: 貪心不足，蛇吞象 (Greed knows no bounds—like a snake trying to swallow an elephant) 📖 What’s it about? A boy goes on a journey to save his sick mother by retrieving a glowing pearl hidden inside a magical mountain serpent. But when greed clouds his judgment, the outcome turns tragic… You'll learn and...
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In this episode of ABC in the Middle, I’m sharing a powerful Chinese moral story I grew up with, now retold for my son—and for you. This is a Mandarin language version of the story behind the idiom: 貪心不足，蛇吞象 (Greed knows no bounds—like a snake trying to swallow an elephant) 📖 What’s it about? A boy goes on a journey to save his sick mother by retrieving a glowing pearl hidden inside a magical mountain serpent. But when greed clouds his judgment, the outcome turns tragic… You'll learn and...
My ABC Mandarin Love Story 🇺🇸 | What I Learned About Chinese Culture & Communication 🇨🇳
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My ABC Mandarin Love Story 🇺🇸 | What I Learned About Chinese Culture & Communication 🇨🇳
Mandarin Lets Me Speak 🗣️ Marriage Taught Me What to Say 💍✨ American Born Chinese (ABC) Dream Girl & Cross-Cultural Communication Lessons Fluent in Mandarin, but still misunderstood? This deeply personal episode explores how marrying someone from mainland China transformed my understanding of cross-cultural communication—beyond language and into the emotional heart of Chinese culture. As an American-born Chinese (ABC), I thought I knew what it meant to be Chinese. I was wrong. From ...
China Myth Podcast
In this episode of ABC in the Middle, I’m sharing a powerful Chinese moral story I grew up with, now retold for my son—and for you. This is a Mandarin language version of the story behind the idiom: 貪心不足，蛇吞象 (Greed knows no bounds—like a snake trying to swallow an elephant) 📖 What’s it about? A boy goes on a journey to save his sick mother by retrieving a glowing pearl hidden inside a magical mountain serpent. But when greed clouds his judgment, the outcome turns tragic… You'll learn and...
