Interesting Chinese-English coincidences
English and Mandarin have very little vocabulary in common. Mandarin has borrowed a few words from English ('sofa', 'coffee'), but these are very rare. 英语和汉语很少有共通的词汇。汉语里有一些英语外来词，比如沙发、咖啡，但非常少见。 Below is a small compilation …
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Weibo overtakes Twitter in market cap
Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo overtook its US counterpart Twitter in market capitalization for the first time ever during trading on Monday. 在周一的股市交易中，中国社交媒体巨头新浪微博的市值首次超过其美国同行推特。 Nasdaq-listed Sina Weibo saw its market …
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How difficult is it to be accepted by your Chinese girlfriend’s parents?
Bruno Dubois, a 29-year-old Frenchman, was not surprised when news broke on October 9 that Chinese pop singer Zhang Liangying's mother strongly opposed her marriage. 10月9日，中国流行歌手张靓颖的妈妈，强烈抗议女儿婚事的新闻曝光，29岁的法国人布鲁诺•杜波依斯一点儿都不觉得奇怪。 Some Chinese parents tend …
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8 things you may not know about Frost’s Descent
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent (霜降, shuāng jiàng), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct. 23 …
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Hurun: China has more billionaires than the U.S.
China's annual rich list has indicated that, once again, the country has more dollar billionaires than the US, and the gap is widening. 中国年度富人榜再次表明，中国比美国有更多的亿万富翁，而且差距还在拉大。 Property magnate Wang Jianlin of Dalian …
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How to use “了” in Chinese
了 grammar is hard. This particle has a lot of uses and it's difficult to pin down anything specific about how and when it's used. You can group 了 usage …
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World’s oldest panda Jia Jia dies at 38
The death of panda Jia Jia, whose age in human terms was more than 100 years, was announced by the Hong Kong theme park where she lived. 死亡大熊猫名叫"佳佳"，日前佳佳所在的香港主题公园宣布了它的死讯，换算成人类的年龄的话，佳佳已经超过了100岁。 Her condition …
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Teens’ performance in “Lady White Snake” remake applauded
Reshooting TV series has been a common topic in China in recent years. Overshadowed by the glamour of original TV productions, new versions of classic works, more often than not, …
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What motivates you to learn Chinese as a second language?
Why do you learn Chinese as a second language? To enhance your competitiveness, to make yourself handy for travelling, make yourself even better at your mother language? Whatever reason you …
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Is “蓝瘦香菇” a kind of mushroom?
蓝瘦香菇 (lán shòu xiāng gū) became an internet phenomenon in China almost overnight. It is however not about mushroom. The "蓝瘦香菇" (meaning blue skinny mushroom literally) is pronounced …
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