What does Chinese proverb”一是一，二是二” mean？
“一是一，二十二” yī shì yī, èr shì èr Call a spade a spade “一是一，二十二” 这句话的意思是保留事物的真实面貌，不做任何改变，常常用来比喻一个人说话做事很诚实，不骗别人。 The proverb “一是一，二十二” means to keep the true look of something without making any alteration. It …
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Famous Phrase of The Analects|论语名句
子曰：“学而时习之，不亦说乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？” The Master said, To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learned, is that not after all a pleasure? That friends should come to one from …
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5 Chinese Common Saying
“不到长城非好汉” “Bú dào zhǎng chéng fēi hǎo hàn ” He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. 这句话里“非”的意思是“不是”，“好汉”的意思是“很厉害的人”“英雄”。这句话的意思是没有去过长城的人就不是英雄，常常用来比喻一种积极的精神，遇到困难，要努力想办法克服，解决了问题，那就是“好汉”。 In the saying “不到长城非好汉”, “非” …
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Chinese Pictophonetic Characters(2)| 形声字 2
上下结构的形声字有两种，一种是“上形下声”，也就是形旁在上边，声旁在下边。例如： There are two types of pictophonetic characters which have a top-bottom structure. One has the semantic component on the top and phonetic component at the bottom. For example: …
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Chinese Pictophonetic Characters(1)| 形声字 1
现代汉语中，70%左右的汉字都是形声字。形声字有形旁和声旁两部分组成。形旁提示汉字的意思，声旁提示汉字的发音。 Around 70% of Chinese characters are pictophonetic ones, which are composed of two components, one indicating meaning and the other sound. 左右结构的形声字包括两种，一种是“左形右声”，即形旁在左边，声旁在右边，例如： The pictophonetic characters of a left-right …
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Sentence structure”越 A 越 B”
“越 A 越 B ”表示B随着A的变化而变化。 “越 A 越 B ”（the more A,the more B）means B changes with A. For example: Yǔ yuè xià yuè dà 。 （1）雨越下越大。 Nǐ de …
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Comparison of “又” and “再” in Chinese| 辨析 “又” 和 “再”
副词“又” 和 “再”都可以放在动词前边，表示动作或情况的重复出现。 The adverbs “又” and “再” can both be put before a verb to indicate the recurrence of an action or a situation. “又+V.” 通常表示已发生了的重复动作和情况，“再+V.”表示还没发生的重复动作或情况。 “又+V.” usually …
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Say no like a Chinese youth.|像中国小年轻一样说“不”
生词 Key words 不行 bù xíng No 不可以 bù kěyǐ You can’t 没门儿 …
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Tulou building| 土楼
“土楼”顾名思义，就是用泥土做的房子，是客家 的民居，主要分布在福建省。中国民居的丰富多样，四合院、蒙古包、窑洞等早以为人所知，而客家人独有的土楼却显得很神秘。土楼是民居中面积最大的，往往一个土楼，可以容纳几百人同时居住。 Tolou literary refers to building makes of the earth. It is a communal residence for Hakka people in Fujian province. China’s residential buildings come out in different …
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Feng shui | 风水
What is Fengshui? 什么是风水？ Fengshui is a system of ancient Chinese knowledge, which is mainly used to orient dwellings and tombs.It helps pick locations, directions and designs. 风水是一门如何选择合适的宅地、墓地等的学问，比如宅地等选在什么地方、它的坐向、怎么建设等。 …
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