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Oct'16

What? Beijingers are not the best speakers of Putonghua

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Getting ready to learn Chinese in China? Well, here's an interesting fact you might want to hear – according to a report from the People's Daily the best speakers of …

Oct'16

Chinese words you may not know about Halloween

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It’s that spooky time of year, and though not a much-celebrated holiday in China, why not expand your Chinese vocabulary to include these wicked words. This simple Halloween language primer …

Oct'16

Change rules of Chinese tones

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Once you've got the basic tones of Mandarin pinned down (at least in understanding – fluent use takes much longer), you'll start to notice that they often change. When and …

Oct'16

The differences between ‘为了’ and ‘因为’

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为了 (wèile) and 因为 (yīnwèi) both have the character "为" in them, and they have sort of similar meanings: 为了 means "in order to" and 因为 means "because". Using them …

Oct'16

Love by Wu Rong

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《情》吴融 Love Yearning is the heart, and the eyes seek love. Fine as a floating thread, vast as the sea. But the moon’s not always full and the flowers …

Oct'16

The Language of Flowers

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Lovers of flowering plants and shrubs we have had by scores, but Tao Yuanming alone devoted himself to the chrysanthemum. Since the opening days of the Tang dynasty, it has …

Oct'16

China to introduce codes for 3,000 Chinese characters

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Looking at Chinese script, you might empathize with the words of an 18th-century Jesuit missionary: "One can only endure the pain of learning it for the love of God." The …

Oct'16

4-year-old girl can speak 7 languages, including Chinese

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A four-year-old girl literally stunned audiences when she spoke seven languages fluently on a TV show. The video of Bella Devyatkina is now wowing people all over the world after …

Oct'16