Will Mandarin Chinese be the language of future?
With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest a 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Mandarin. Do you think Mandarin Chinese will be …
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Love Songs of Tshangs-dbyangs-rgya-mtsho
仓央嘉措情歌 一自消魂那壁厢，至今寤寐不断忘。 当时交臂还相失，此后思君空断肠。 Since I lost heart in that person, I have suffered from sleeplessness during the night. Is it because I was unable to get her in the daytime, …
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Why do foreigners think China is a good place to live
China, the most populous country in the world, is not a developed country, but it's still attractive to many foreigners. Why? The followings are some answers from Quora. 1. One …
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Your gift may be a taboo for Chinese people
Every culture values gift-giving as a way to strengthen relationships and build alliances. The Chinese people are no exception to this practice; however, certain gifts are viewed by the Chinese …
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Do you know Chinese “妻管严” (qī guǎn yán)?
A recent study named men in Shanghai as the most submissive, or "henpecked," in China. The English term "henpecked" is often used to describe these males whose feathers have been …
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Interesting Chinese-English coincidences
English and Mandarin have very little vocabulary in common. Mandarin has borrowed a few words from English ('sofa', 'coffee'), but these are very rare. 英语和汉语很少有共通的词汇。汉语里有一些英语外来词，比如沙发、咖啡，但非常少见。 Below is a small compilation …
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Weibo overtakes Twitter in market cap
Chinese social media giant Sina Weibo overtook its US counterpart Twitter in market capitalization for the first time ever during trading on Monday. 在周一的股市交易中，中国社交媒体巨头新浪微博的市值首次超过其美国同行推特。 Nasdaq-listed Sina Weibo saw its market …
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How difficult is it to be accepted by your Chinese girlfriend’s parents?
Bruno Dubois, a 29-year-old Frenchman, was not surprised when news broke on October 9 that Chinese pop singer Zhang Liangying's mother strongly opposed her marriage. 10月9日，中国流行歌手张靓颖的妈妈，强烈抗议女儿婚事的新闻曝光，29岁的法国人布鲁诺•杜波依斯一点儿都不觉得奇怪。 Some Chinese parents tend …
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8 things you may not know about Frost’s Descent
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Frost's Descent (霜降, shuāng jiàng), the 18th solar term of the year, begins this year on Oct. 23 …
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Hurun: China has more billionaires than the U.S.
China's annual rich list has indicated that, once again, the country has more dollar billionaires than the US, and the gap is widening. 中国年度富人榜再次表明，中国比美国有更多的亿万富翁，而且差距还在拉大。 Property magnate Wang Jianlin of Dalian …
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