Why is the “green hat” a Chinese taboo?
Many people like green, an emotionally positive color symbolizing growth, spring, and renewal. In Muslim countries, it is a holy color and in Ireland, a lucky color. 绿色代表着生长、春天和复苏，在情感上给你以积极的感受，所以很多人都喜欢绿色。在穆斯林国家，绿色代表圣洁，而在爱尔兰，则意味着幸运。 Even in …
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Will you knock on the watermelon to pick a ripe one?
It's the perfect season for eating watermelon again! 又到了吃西瓜的季节了！ Will you knock on the watermelons and try to hear a hollow sound before buying them? In fact, that's …
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8 common sentence structures in Mandarin Chinese
This article presents some of the most commonly used sentence patterns in Mandarin Chinese. Examples of how to use each sentence structure will be given. 本文介绍了汉语中最常用的一些句型，并举例说明了这些句型的用法。 Every language has structures …
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Four steps of Chinese language learning for beginners
Mandarin Chinese has the most speakers in the world, and it's gaining more popularity among the non-Chinese-speaking countries nowadays. Are you a non-native Chinese speaker ready to learn Chinese language, …
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How to stay away from summer heat
According to scientists, it might be the hottest summer this year in more than 4,000 years since records began. 科学家称，今年可能是4000多年来史上最热的夏天。 The global average temperature of this May set a …
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3 Chinese measure words indicating “a pair”
All the Chinese characters “对”, “副” and “双” indicate the same meaning of “two; a pair”, but there are still some differences among them. So how do we know …
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Top 10 most attractive Chinese cities for expats
Shanghai has for the fourth time topped the list of the 10 most attractive Chinese cities for expats, according to a survey of foreigners in China. The financial hub scored …
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How will the ‘Brexit’ impact China?
Chinese people have witnessed another wonder— the 'Brexit'— in Horse month of the Monkey year, a Chinese saying used to refer to a date far in the unforeseeable future. As …
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10 most awesome triple-lapped Chinese characters
Chinese characters are one of the most ancient scripts in the world. There are no accurate statistics about the total number of characters, but there are nearly 100,000. In our …
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7 ways to use Chinese word “把”
In Chinese language, words are often polysemous. A word may be used in various ways. It can be a verb, noun or adjective in different cases. Understanding it comprehensively will …
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