THE SUMMER PALACE
Five-character-quatrain THE SUMMER PALACE —Yuan Zhen In the faded old imperial palace, Peonies are red, but no one comes to
The basic strokes of Chinese characters
每日一語 One Sentence A Day394
ni3 de5 biao3 ji3 dian3 le5 你 的 表 几点 了？ What’s the time by your watch?
Buying a Pair of Shoes 郑人买履
Zhènɡ rén mǎi lǚ
郑人买履 Cónɡqián,yǒu ɡè Zhènɡɡuó rén xiǎnɡ mǎi xiézǐ,tā xiān yònɡ chǐzi liánɡ le liánɡ zìjǐ de jiǎo，ránhòu bǎ liánɡ hǎo de chǐcùn fànɡ zài le zìjǐ de zuòwèi shànɡ。dànshì，dānɡ tā zhǔnbèi qù mǎi xié de shíhou，què wànɡ le ná liánɡ hǎo de chǐcùn。
从前有个郑国人想买鞋子，他 先用尺子量了量自己的脚，然后把量好的尺寸放在了自己的座位上。但是，当他准备去买鞋的时候，却忘了拿量好的尺寸。
How to memorize Chinese characters?
piào piāo piāo piáo piáo piǎo
Fan 扇子
Fan (shàn zǐ 扇子) is a must in summer. It can drive away summer heat and help bring cooling breeze.
Lesson 143 MovieⅢ
Cam: It’s movie week on Chinese Studio. Welcome to the show everyone, wo shi Cam.
Yajie: And wo shi Yajie. Cam, every year, there are blockbuster movies, those that cost a lot of money to make and are major releases for studios. Do you know how to say “blockbuster” in Chinese?
Cam: No…
Yajie: Then let’s start today’s lesson!
Traditional Chinese Festivals – Little New Year
New Year (Chinese: Xiaonian), which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival
采茶戏在捷克受欢迎 Chinese tea-picking opera performance fascinates Czech audience
The tea-picking opera(戏剧 xìjù), performed(表演 biǎoyǎn) by artists from Nanchang County of southern China’s Jiangxi Province, won applause(鼓掌 gǔzhǎng) among
小题大做 – xiao3ti2da4zuo4
Literal meaning of each character = small – problem – big – do/produceActually, this is basically the same as the English idiom “make a mountain out of a molehill”. The Chinese version doesn’t use the graphic comparison like we do. They simply say the problem is small but the doing or action is big.
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