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Dec'15

New Year’s Day greetings in Chinese

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New Year's Day is just around the corner. Wouldn't you like to impress your friends and relatives by wishing them a happy holiday in Chinese? Today let's take a look at a few popular phrases and sentences in Mandarin for the New Year.

Dec'15

A sip of humility in Chinese words

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Chinlingo

Many Chinese throughout ancient times spoke in such a manner. They were not being rude, nor were they cursing themselves or others, this was merely the style of communication.

Dec'15

Interesting connections between Chinese and tableware

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Chinlingo

In Chinese, some words and phrases related to food or tableware are used as metaphors for various social phenomena.

Dec'15

Meet Wallace Chan, a jeweler that designs gem with soul

Chinese culture

Chinlingo

Wallace Chan, the Hong Kong jeweler behind the creation of what has been called the world's most expensive diamond necklace, began working with his hands when he was 8 years old.

Dec'15

Food and fodder should go before troops and horses

Chinese culture

Chinlingo

This idiom means that food for soldiers and fodder for horses should be well prepared before a war starts, which underlines that "粮" (liánɡ) is an important provision for a war and the material security of a victory.

Dec'15

China’s top 10 concerns in 2015

Chinese culture

Chinlingo

Here are the news events that the search engine Baidu says most captured Internet users' attention in 2015.

Dec'15

5 problems to overcome in learning Chinese on your own

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Chinlingo

Learning on your own creates its own set of unique problems which you'll need to overcome. Read on to discover the 5 most critical problems faced by solo learners and how they can be quite easily overcome.

Dec'15

The different uses of “suàn”, “suànshang” & “suànle”

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Chinlingo

The Chinese words 算, 算上 and 算了 can be quite easy to mix up because of their similarity. The way to deal with this is to learn the differences as clearly as possible.

Dec'15

pínɡ ān yè and pínɡ ān ɡuǒ

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Chinlingo

Christmas Eve has been called "平安夜" due to a German Christmas song, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, which has been sung in China since it was translated by a Chinese Christian Liu Tingfang in 1933.

Dec'15