Fluentide True Crime · Mandarin for Beginners

About Fluentide True Crime · Mandarin for Beginners

In 1935, a young woman named Shi Jianqiao walked into a Buddhist prayer hall in Tianjin, drew a pistol, and fired three shots at the warlord who had killed her father a decade earlier. She turned herself in, dropped pamphlets explaining her motive — filial piety — and became the most famous court case in Republican China. Pardoned by Chiang Kai-shek. A national folk heroine. Now that case is a 25-episode Mandarin podcast you can actually follow from your very first lesson. Every episode is HSK 1 — every word, every grammar pattern held to the absolute-beginner threshold. No textbook dialogues. No "Li Ming goes to the park." A real Chinese historical case, retold so a learner can understand. Listen in order: Episode 1 begins at the temple door. Episode 25 closes forty-three years later. Each episode comes with a free interactive transcript at fluentide.com — tap any Chinese character for instant pinyin and English definition, see vocabulary with example sentences, and read the full English translation side-by-side. Based on Krashen's comprehensible input theory (i+1). New episode every other day, in narrative order. This podcast uses AI text-to-speech to deliver clear, consistent pronunciation for language learners. https://fluentide.com/stories

Publisher

Fluentide

Category

education · true crime

Language

zh

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2026

Latest episode

1 May 2026

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 17 · Inside the Hall

   Inside the Hall — Episode 17 of 25.

2. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 16 · This Morning

   This Morning — Episode 16 of 25.

3. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 15 · The Month of Watching

   The Month of Watching — Episode 15 of 25.

4. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 13 · The Room on the Lane

   The Room on the Lane — Episode 13 of 25.

5. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 12 · The Man's Other Name

   The Man's Other Name — Episode 12 of 25.

6. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 11 · The Second Notebook

   The Second Notebook — Episode 11 of 25.

7. 

   1 May 2026

   Ep 14 · The Prayer Hall

   The Prayer Hall — Episode 14 of 25.

8. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Ep 10 · Leaving Home

   Leaving Home — Episode 10 of 25.

9. 

   30 Apr 2026

   Ep 09 · Learning to Shoot

   Learning to Shoot — Episode 9 of 25.

10. 

    30 Apr 2026

    Ep 08 · A New Name

    A New Name — Episode 8 of 25.

11. 

    30 Apr 2026

    Ep 07 · The News Came Home

    The News Came Home — Episode 7 of 25.

12. 

    30 Apr 2026

    Ep 06 · What Sun Did

    What Sun Did — Episode 6 of 25.

13. 

    28 Apr 2026

    Ep 05 · The Campaign of 1925

    The Campaign of 1925 — Episode 5 of 25.

14. 

    28 Apr 2026

    Ep 04 · Soldiers and Telegrams

    Soldiers and Telegrams — Episode 4 of 25.

15. 

    28 Apr 2026

    Ep 03 · Her Father's Study

    Her Father's Study — Episode 3 of 25.

16. 

    28 Apr 2026

    Ep 02 · Before She Was Jianqiao

    Before She Was Jianqiao — Episode 2 of 25.

17. 

    28 Apr 2026

    Ep 01 · The Temple Door

    The Temple Door — Episode 1 of 25.

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