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Useful Chinese Idioms About Insects
As summer begins and cicadas start humming, learn some common insect-related “chengyu”
Useful Chinese Idioms About Insects
As summer begins and cicadas start humming, learn some common insect-related “chengyu”
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Panel: Generations of Voices in Chinese Literature
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Halloween TWOC Tales Special @Soi Bao Chao
Join us for a spooky night of storytelling in this open-mic evening where you can come and share one of your adventures, a fictional story or something that happened for real! Come disguised and share with us your most "unnatural" and "scary" story!
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TWOC Tales with a Twist @Soi Bao Chao
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TWOC Tales with a Twist @Soi Bao Chao
Join us for a night of storytelling in this open-mic evening where you can come and share one of your adventures, a fictional story or something that happened for real!
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