指鹿为马—-point at a deer, call it a horse
You may know “马鹿” in Japanse is stupid in English. But do you know this phrase from a Chinese idiom “指鹿为马”? 指鹿为马(zhǐ lù wéi mǎ)——-point at a deer, call it …
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草船借箭—-Borrowing Your Enemy’s Arrows
草船借箭，出自中国四大名著之一的三国演义。讲述的是诸葛亮和周瑜之间的小故事。 一起来看看丞相大人的谋略吧！ This is an interesting story from the Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in ancient China when the Wei and Wu kingdoms joined together to fight against the …
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歪果仁的中国游记 Foreigners’ travel blog in China
With the development and modernization of China, more and more foreigners come to China and live here for a long time. That is not only because of the good environment …
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怎么分辨 “的” “地” “得” How to distinguish “的” “地” “得” in Chinese?
This is a big problem in the most of foreigners’ Chinese language studying. Actually, they are not so complex, all you should do is to remember such three sentence patterns. …
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你适合喝什么茶？ What kind of Chinese tea should you drink?
Everybody knows Chinese tea. In the ancient China, tea is a symbol of your statement. The most expensive tea is Longjing which can only be drunk by the emperor. Nowadays, …
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“不”和”没”的区别 The difference between “不”and”没”
In Chinese learning, you may see these two characters very often. “不” and”没”. They are the meaning of “not” in English but have some little difference in their using. 1 …
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精卫填海(jīng wèi tián hǎi)
Do you know the story “精卫填海”? It is a myth from the ancient Chinese book <山海经>. 精卫衔来木石，决心填平大海. (jīng weì xié lái mù shí, jué xīn tián píng dà hǎi) ————The …
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购物清单系列——mandarin words list
Nowadays more and more foreigners like to live in China. A useful shopping list can help you a lot in the daily life. Chinlingo special list for you. You can …
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Mandarin alphabet
基础知识——basic knowledge 1) 拼音的结构 Pinyin is made by initial, vowel and some syllables that you should recognize and read as a whole. 23 initials(声母) :b p m f d t …
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The mandarin alphabet song 汉语字母歌
Chinese tones are difficult to master in a short time if you just read and repeat them in class. Chinese phonetics has the strong musical characteristic. Following the mandarin alphabet …
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