Use ‘一起’ to say ‘together’ in Chinese
If you want to express that you are doing something together with someone else, "一起 (yì qǐ)" is your word! 要是你想表达你正和其他人共同做某事,那"一起"这个词就派上用场了! "一起 (yì qǐ)" is the easiest way to express an action …
Read MoreWhat do foreigners think of Chinese TV series ‘The Mystic Nine’?
The drama The Mystic Nine is a prequel to The Lost Tomb in which the story focuses on the exploits of the nine grave robbing families in the 1940s. …
Read MoreWill Chinese-style maths teaching be the savior for UK’s maths education?
The Britons have been notorious for their poor maths skills. The pupils fall behind their Asian counterparts in maths, because not enough primary school teachers have a proper grasp of …
Read MoreChinlingo Podcast: What is ‘北京瘫’?
Zuì jìn, zài Zhōng guó, "tān" chéng le yí gè liú xíng cí yǔ. 最近,在中国,"瘫"成了一个流行词语。 Recently, Chinese word "瘫(tān)" goes viral on the Internet in China. Tān, yuán běn …
Read More50 UNESCO world heritage sites in China
The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Istanbul decided to put China's Guangxi Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape and Hubei Shennongjia Nature Reserve on the prestigious …
Read More12 kinds of companionship in Chinese
八拜之交 (bā bài zhī jiāo, sworn brotherhood) It is an old saying referring to sworn brothers or sisters with different surnames. "八拜 (bā bài, to kowtow for eight times)" …
Read More7 things to know about Great Heat
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Great Heat (大暑), the 12th solar term of the year, begins this year on July 22. During …
Read MoreChinlingo Podcast: Flood disaster
Jīn nián liù yuè, ōu zhōu lián xù duō tiān bào yǔ, ràng fǎ guó, dé guó de yí zuò zuò chéng shì bèi shuǐ yān mò, chū xiàn le …
Read MoreWeirdest jobs in the world
From our childhood days, we've been told to study hard, go to a key university and find a decent job. But what exactly is a good job? If it is …
Read MoreChinese words “exported” to English language these years
"Tuhao" (土豪, nouveau riche) and "Dama" (大妈, old woman) are expected to be included by the Oxford English Dictionary as its new words. According to related statistics, there have been …
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