10 Chinese Love Idioms
Here’s a list of sentences to help you express more eloquently your past, present and future experiences with the lovers in your life. If I’ve left out any of your …
Read MoreComprehensive Guide to Nouns Ending With 的 de
This post is about a very special type of noun in Mandarin – the noun which ends with 的 de. These nouns are special because 的 usually marks the end …
Read MoreHow to Say “No” Like a Native
Saying “no” is often a very hard thing to do – especially for Chinese people when dealing with acquaintances. This causes them to sometimes say “yes,” or other words, when …
Read MoreHow To Express Love To A Chinese Girl
For the first time, you have fallen in love with a Chinese girl. Your eyes follow her. Your mind is full of her. How would you tell her about your …
Read MoreTwo Difficult Phrases You Have to Know
We are all familiar with the basic English expression “more and more”, an expression which actually exists in many languages. Chinese is no exception. These expressions are in the HSK 3 …
Read MorePodcast│Haze-a horrible killer
Look!What is that around us? It is totally gray! Why does it keep staying? It’s haze! A horrible killer! Wùmái rànɡ wǒmen kàn bú jiàn lántiān báiyún,xīnqínɡ dōu biàn …
Read MoreHow to choose a Chinese name for a girl
Generally, a Chinese name is composed of two or three characters, like Li Ling or Li Lingling. The first is the surname followed by the given name. Here are some …
Read MoreA Picture of the Rooster
huà jī 画鸡 (唐寅) tóu shàng hóng guān bú yòng cái 头上红冠不用裁, mǎn shēn xuĕ bái zŏu jiāng lái 满身雪白走将来。 píng shēng bù gǎn qīng yán yǔ 平生不敢轻言语, yí jiào …
Read MoreUS school’s Chinese exam amuses native speakers
A Chinese-language final exam paper at a high school in New York has left internet users amused and confused, reported guancha.cn on Saturday. 据观察者网上周六报道,纽约一所高中的中文期末试卷让网民们既困惑又欢乐。 The CLA (Collegiate Learning Assessment) test …
Read MoreHave you ever had “回笼觉” (huí lóng jiào)?
Feeling it hard to get out of bed in winter morning? Want to go back to sleep after turning off the alarm clock? Most of us have had unprotected sleep, …
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