Unfiltered Mandarin: Friends Talk Life and Choices

[@themandarinmelon]

We were at a BBQ spot, chatting about life, when we spontaneously decided to make a video during my trip to China. I didn't have my gear with me, so apologies for the video and audio quality 😿. Let me know if you like this kind of video, and I'll make more-with much better quality next time, for sure!

[@banbangu]

内容格式都很好，如果还有音频的话，那更好啊❤

[@themandarinmelon]

@@banbangu 谢谢！下次一定会带上我的麦克哈哈💜

[@cbysmith]

You're 🤩 amazing!

[@themandarinmelon]

@@cbysmith you too🙌🙌

[@ragdoll86]

I definitely hope to see more content like this 😊 I think I saw your video yesterday, immediately subbed and now I’m watching this one 😃 which is a lot for me because I always SAY I should listen and watch Chinese content but never actually do 😂 Thank you!

[@trendy-retro]

You both are fabulous & awesome! Thank you for this light & meaningful conversation in this cosy place.

[@themandarinmelon]

🥰thank you as well for the compliment!! hope next time you can use these questions in the convos with your friends!

[@trendy-retro]

😊 😃

[@Bannanas335]

I absolutely love this! As someone trying to learn mandarin this is so helpful. I really hope you make more of these! Thank you both 💕!

[@themandarinmelon]

My pleasure!! Yas will do!! I just hope I can see her more often haha😹

[@montybeton]

That was unexpectedly great. I learned a lot.

[@tomaszgosciminski5026]

Such a great formula, thank You!

[@themandarinmelon]

More to come!! I guess the only problem is to find decent Mandarin speakers in my location hahaha

[@clausius594]

Thank you very much ! You really help us ☺. Keep going on !

[@themandarinmelon]

Cheers!! Cheers! Helping people like you really brightens my days !🤗

[@BlaBlaBlaInDaHouse]

Very helpful, more videos in similar vain please!

[@tomaszgosciminski5026]

Thanks

[@themandarinmelon]

Wow is this real money?😝 Thanks for supporting it's my first time receiving supers!! my pleasure keep improving!

[@tomaszgosciminski5026]

@@themandarinmelon you said you are working on financial freedom, isn't it? :) so we need to help a bit

[@StratosFair]

這個視頻特別棒，真的是美好的學習材料！辛苦你老師～

[@themandarinmelon]

Hehehe 不客气不客气！真的能帮到大家的话再辛苦也值得！！

[@jellisawilliams3773]

You put alot of work into your content. Keep up the good work. 你太棒了

[@themandarinmelon]

awwww thanks for noticing that 🥰🥰

[@fourHuman444]

Thanks for your work, it takes a lot of time to put together all these subtitles and make sure the pinyin versions match Chinese characters plus English makes sense too. Take this one as a little anecdote I guess, so, your friend really looks similar to a Chinese exchange student that I used to have a crush on lol. Me and that person really got close but it eventually stopped at friendship so it's been kinda disappointing for me lmao. But yeah. Really similar. Feels funny and sad at the same time

[@themandarinmelon]

thanks for the validation! now my efforts feel seen🥰but wait, omg what??! 🙀Hahaha I will let her know this story ;)

[@fourHuman444]

Yeah it's very coincidental I think lmao. But the face of your friend and of mine are really close, not entirely, but I think they could as well be siblings

[@sumayah8823]

Loved this! It was so interesting and I love deep questions so I’ll be able to use these in my own conversations. 谢谢你们！

[@sumayah8823]

I just finished it and it’s truly fabulous, I especially love that that you’ve added the small dialect points! Soo helpful please do many more in this format!🥹♥️

[@themandarinmelon]

yayyy! really happy to hear rhis!! Same here haha prefer deep/meaningful convo over small talks ;)

[@Alltherage9496]

我特別喜歡這個方法啊! 謝謝你們!

[@themandarinmelon]

不客气哈哈！btw 繁体中文在 transcript PDF 里！屏幕上放不下了lol，the Traditional Chinese is in the transcript PDF! It couldn't fit on the screen sob sob

[@Alltherage9496]

@@themandarinmelon 哈哈別擔心, 都是很好啊! I do not mind learning simplified here and there as well.

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

Unexpected emotional last question! xD

[@themandarinmelon]

yeah hahaha actually she cried for like 30 seconds 😿

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

@@themandarinmelon I noticed she was holding it in the video! But in saying that... Who doesn't cry with coco? 😅

[@themandarinmelon]

@@guilhermeportugal6389 ahahaha true true 😂🤣

[@gabziloveslanguages1159]

Having no pinyin is really great, but I guess this kinda helps as well. When the pinyin is there, I tend to focus more on it than the actual pronunciation

[@themandarinmelon]

hahaha true ture, you have both! Just pick the one suits your preferences ;)

[@gabziloveslanguages1159]

@@themandarinmelon thank you!

[@TheInterloafer]

很棒！謝謝你們倆！我承認我得聽百分之七十五的速度。

[@themandarinmelon]

不客气！我承认我们平常讲话速度真的很快哈哈哈