I'm currently watching another Chinese TV serial "You Are My Hero" (Original Chinese 你是我的城池營壘 nǐ shì wǒ de chéngchí yínglěi, literally "You are my fortress").
After the utterly delightful corporate-romantic drama The Rational Life, I didn't think another one could come close, but this one does.
The series is available on Viki.com as well as on Youtube.
When I went to the Youtube page and scrolled through the comments, I saw this one, which reproduced part of a dialog from the first episode.
To my utter astonishment, I could read every single character in the comment!
白：叫 什么 bái: jiào shénme (Bai: "What's your name?")
马：米 佧 mǎ: Mǐ Kǎ (Ma: "Mi Ka")
白：还有 姓 米 的？bái: hái yǒu xìng mǐ de? (Bai: "I haven't heard such a surname")
马：那我爸姓米，我能怎么办啊 mǎ: Nà wǒ bà xìng mǐ, wǒ néng zěnme bàn a (Ma: "That's my father's surname. What can I do?")
It's an amazing feeling to look up from one's lessons on Duolingo and find that what one has learnt has practical application in the real world.
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