5 tips for learning Chinese with radicals and components
Let's look at some examples of how we can understand more complex characters by looking at radicals and component characters while incorporating mnemonic techniques.
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Known as Sheng Xiao (生肖), the Chinese Zodiac, is based on a twelve-year cycle, each year in that cycle related to an animal sign. These signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
Read MoreTasty, unique and interesting street food in Xi’an, China
For Xi'an, the old Silk Road trade route opened the doors to the culinary influence of other cultures, particularly Muslim culture. This massive outdoor marketplace of roads and alleyways contains some of the most tasty, unique and interesting street food
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First to arrive in the morning, last to leave at night, and we call these people "workaholic", in Chinese, "工作狂".
Read More3 steps to running a bar in China
As the world's largest beer market, China offers a lot of opportunities for beer aficionados and the brewer. Here are 3 steps for foreigners to open a bar in China.
Read MoreChina’s symbolic figure – Confucius
Confucius is better known as Kongzi (孔子) in China, he is a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.
Read MoreDare you try some creepy crawlies in China?
The Wangfujing food market is the daytime equivalent of the nighttime Dong Hua food market. It's a good street to stroll down if you want to view a bunch of creepy-crawlies stuck on sticks.
Read MoreNorth Koreans demonstrate growing appetite to learn Chinese
Chinese, rather than English, is often the language of choice for North Koreans, hoping to improve their job prospects.
Read MoreMtime, an emerging partner for Hollywood to reach Chinese customers
Hollywood film companies team up with local promotional partners and, increasingly, call a company with enormous reach that few people outside of China have ever heard of: Mtime.
Read MoreHow do Chinese netizens think of UK’s education system?
A BBC documentary broadcast in the UK this week followed the experiences of English pupils as their classes were taken over by Chinese teachers - and has caused a major debate in social media back in China.
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