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Nov 19, 2025 33 min

The Mandarin Lip Reading Game Goes Wrong

from Mandarin Monkey Podcast

We skip the small talk and jump straight into chaos. One of us wears noise-cancelling headphones with brown noise blasting. The other says sentences in Mandarin and English. The goal is simple. Lip read the line. No clues. No questions. The results are a mess. “You squeezed it before I was ready,” becomes cheesecake. 羊羹 becomes “some kind of rat.” Twice becomes twat. And a totally normal Chinese sentence turns into Argentina. If you enjoy Mandarin learning mixed with confusion, misread lips, and unearned confidence, this game delivers. Send your sentences or game ideas to [email protected].

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