Grab red envelopes to win Chinlingo scholarship
During Chinese New Year, it is customary to give red envelopes filled with money to the elders and children. Fortunately
Read MoreUse “除了…以外” to express “except” in Chinese
You can use "除了...以外" to express "apart from", "except" and "addition to".
Read MoreChinlingo Chinese character: 带 and 戴
In Chinese, "带" and "戴" share the same pronunciation. What is the difference between them?
Read More5 Chinese phrases related to monkey
The Monkey, 猴, plays a part in many Chinese tales and idioms. Now let's learn some idioms and phrases related to it.
Read MoreChina grows taste for organic pork
Now that ever more shoppers have the money to avoid the negative effect of all that pollution on their food, they are increasingly willing to drop a dime on doing so.
Read MoreHuge contrast seen in profits of foreign companies in China
Coffee shops, burger bars and clothes stores are among the foreign businesses in China that say they are thriving despite the economic slowdown that is hurting the manufacturing sector.
Read MoreChinese singletons create ads to refuse “bihun”
So great is the social pressure to marry that the phrase "bihun!" (逼婚!), or "must marry," is a meme here, a joke, even.
Read More那个” as a filler word in Chinese
In English, words like "umm" and "uh" are used as filler words when you're thinking about what to say. In Chinese, "那个" is also used for this purpose.
Read MoreBuilding blocks of Chinese
In this post, we will work our way up from individual strokes and characters to sentences and paragraphs in Chinese learning.
Read MoreChinlingo Chinese character: 年
"年" (nián) means "year", the time it takes for the earth to orbit the sun.
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