Office Mandarin: Laughs & Lingo

Team-building season has arrived. Xiao Fang survives a mandatory 团建 wilderness weekend, spots a 鸿门宴 in the laminated itinerary, and learns some essential Sichuan dialect along the way. Emma then unpacks every idiom, dialect gem, and cultural landmine.

Monday morning. A new "productivity initiative" lands. Xiao Fang narrates the deadpan chaos — 呵呵, 画蛇添足, a Dongbei dialect slip — then Emma (Northern British) unpacks every joke, idiom, and buzzword so nothing gets lost.