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She called a car in Chongqing — and the driver didn't believe it was her calling! 😂 Meet Gaby, from Moldova — known in Chinese as 李潇潇 (Lǐ Xiāoxiāo). She first came to Chongqing as a tourist in 2014, fell in love with this warm, welcoming city, and stayed. She learned Chinese by watching TV dramas and chatting with her Chongqing friends — and in just one year, she could chat easily with locals in fluent Chongqing dialect! She even thought everyone in China spoke Chongqing dialect... until she found out it was a local dialect! Now she's a Douyin star, invited to variety shows and films — and she jokes that in her past life, she must have been a Chongqing girl. 🔑 Key words in this episode: 重庆话 (chóngqìnghuà) — Chongqing dialect 师傅 (shīfu) — driver; master (respectful address) 妹儿 (mèir) — girl; young lady (Chongqing dialect) 老外 (lǎowài) — foreigner (colloquial) 流利 (liúlì) — fluent 趣事 (qùshì) — funny story; anecdote 方言 (fāngyán) — dialect 第一印象 (dìyīyìnxiàng) — first impression 语言不通 (yǔyánbùtōng) — language barrier 交流 (jiāoliú) — to communicate; to chat 成名 (chéngmíng) — to become famous 网红 (wǎnghóng) — internet celebrity; influencer 上辈子 (shàngbèizi) — past life 本地 (běndì) — local So — in your country, do you have a foreign friend who speaks the local dialect this well? Tell us in the comments! Learn Chinese in a Structured Way — first 6 units free at yoyochinese.com #LearnChinese #Mandarin #YoyoChinese #Shorts #Chongqing #ChongqingDialect #LearnMandarin