122 Office

What happens in the office? ShaoLan teaches Edward Shenderovich the meaning of the word “office” in Chinese, which traditionally includes a sense of taking care of important work, particularly government work. This also leads on to learning how to describe lots of other rooms in the house!

辦公/办公 means to take care of public affairs and 室 means room or chamber, so 辦公室/办公室 means the room” where you take care of the affairs and work you need to do, the office!