Chinese Horse Proverb: Sai Weng Lost His Horse
Chinese Horse Proverb: Sai Weng Lost His Horse Chinese proverbs (諺語, yàny?) are an important aspect of Chinese culture and language. But what makes Chinese proverbs all the more extraordinary …
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Rhyming and word confusion is a strange thing in Chinese. When you study it from a foreign perspective, things that seem SO similar, say fǎn cháng (反常, unusual) and fān chàng (翻唱, cover song) are, to native …
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“Rules” of Chinese Romance Teleplay
Nǐ kàn guò zhōngguó de àiqíng liánxùjù ma ？Jù zhōng nán nǚ zhǔjué de àiqíng gùshì shìfǒu ràng nǐ hěn xiànmù ne ？ 你看过中国的爱情连续剧吗？剧中男女主角的爱情故事是否让你很羡慕呢？ Have you ever watched any Chinese …
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Some Chinese Pronouns
There are just a few pronouns in Mandarin Chinese, and unlike many European languages, there are no subject / verb agreements to worry about. Just a few simple rules tell …
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Five Auspicious Animals of Ancient China
Ruìshòu shì yuánshǐ rén qún tǐ de qīnshǔ、zǔxiān duì yú bǎohù shén de yì zhǒng chóngbài，shì rénlèi lìshǐ shàng zuì zǎo de yì zhǒng wénhuà xiànxiàng。 瑞兽是原始人群体的亲属、祖先对于保护神的一种崇拜，是人类历史上最早的一种文化现象。 Auspicious animals are …
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The 5 Stages To Learning Chinese
1.“Ching-chong-ching” Stage (No Study) In this stage, Mandarin sounds like crazy nonsense noises. To the native English speaker, these noises are truly bizarre. The notion that these noises make up …
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Misunderstandings about China by Foreigners
1. 中国人数学很好 Zhōngguórén shùxué hěnhǎo The Chinese are all good at math Hěnduō wàiguó de péngyǒu dōu rènwéi zhōngguórén de shùxué hěnhǎo ，yīnwéi tāmen rènwéi hěn kùnnán de shùxué tí ，zhōngguórén …
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Old Chinese Superstitions
Míxìn de yìsi shì “xiàngxìn le cuòwù de dōngxi ”。zài zhōngguó ，yǒu guò zhèxiē jiù míxìn ，jīntiān wǒ dài dàjiā liǎojiě yī xià。 迷信的意思是 “相信了错误的东西”。在中国，有过这些旧迷信，今天我带大家了解一下。 Superstition means one believes in …
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Cultural Differences Between Chinese and Westerners
During the last century, contact between Chinese and Westerners was relatively limited, and both people knew little about the other. Now we have more opportunities than ever for exchange. With …
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Greetings other than 你好
One of the first things that any Chinese lesson, book, or teacher will teach you is “你好 (nǐ hǎo).” 你好 translates into “Hello.” Funny enough, native Chinese speakers rarely use …
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