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Product Description Learn all the slang words and modern street phrases you never got to in Chinese class with this fun, super-handy English-Chinese phrasebook. Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Chinese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including: •Cool slang •Funny insults •Explicit terms •Raw swear words Dirty Chinese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of China from "What’s up?" ( Zenmeyàng?) to "I’m getting smashed." ( Wo ganjué heduo le.) About the Author Matt Coleman is a University of Queensland Chinese Language graduate who has spent six years in China—long enough to know that understanding foul language is a very important and essential skill that must be used wisely. Edmund Backhouse is the nom de guerre of a Beijing-based writer and translator. Despite his potty mouth and his choice of namesake, he leads a relatively virtuous life.