Office Mandarin: Laughs & Lingo

It's that time of year again — 团建 season. Management has announced a mandatory "wilderness survival" team-building weekend, and Xiao Fang immediately recognises it for what it is: a modern-day 鸿门宴. Wi…

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.