jià chu qu de nǚ ér pō chu qu de shuĭ – shōu bù huí lái
嫁出去的女儿，泼出去的水 – 收不回来
A married daughter is like spilt water. – A married daughter is no longer a member of the family. Figuratively, it means something cannot be taken back.
Category: Chinese Words&Phrases
OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (18)
麦兜族(mài dōu zú) McDull clan It refers to those young people in large cities who work hard, stand on their
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Traditional Simplified Pinyin Definition 星期三 星期三 xīng qī sān Wednesday 星期四
How do Chinese talk about money – Chinese slang and vocabulary about “money” of all kinds
I’m not going to help you recognize RMB coins and bills in this post. I won’t talk about how to
The Same Road to Ruin 重蹈覆辙
The Chinese idiom 重蹈覆辙 (chong2 dao3 fu4 zhe2) advises us (especially if we are young) to be careful to draw
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Chinese Proverbs 玉不琢，不成器
yù bù zhuó, bù chéng qì 玉 不 琢， 不 成 器 Jade must be chiseled before it can be
Learn Chinese Words 学汉字 14 失shī
失shī Introduction: Definition: lose; make mistake, neglect Text： 丢失[diū shī] lose 迷失[mí shī] maze 失败[shī bài] fail 失望[shī wàng] disappoint
Popular Word – 外国直接投资FDI (Foreign Direct Investment)
商务部发布，今年前三季度，全国实际使用外资金额886亿美元，同比增长6.22%；其中9月当月同比增长4.88%，为连续8个月正增长。商务部表态，中国吸引外资优势仍然存在，预计全年吸收外资规模仍将保持相对稳定。 Foreign direct investment in China maintained steady growth in September along with the pickup in the world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese allegories Lesson 17
bān mén nòng fŭ – zì bù liàng lì
班门弄斧 – 自不量力
Wield the axe before Lu Ban (the ancient master carpenter); display one’s learning or parade one’s skill in the presence of an expert – overestimate oneself or one’s strength; overrate oneself
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