Chinese phrase translation: 暗恋 (ànliàn) to fall in love with someone secretly
暗恋 (ànliàn) to fall in love with someone secretly Usage: “暗恋”是指一方对另一方心存爱意或好感却没有表白。通常所爱的对象并没有这样的爱意或好感。"暗恋(ànliàn)" means someone is attracted to another one or has a crush on him/her, but hasn't confess her/his love. However, normally, the other part doesn't feel the same way.
Chinese Grammar learning: 看来 + judgment to the situation
看来 can be translated as "apparently" or "it seems" and is used by the speaker to introduce his understanding of a situation.
Chinese Grammar learning: Adjective + 得 很
The complement 得很 (dehěn) is used after adjectives to add intensity. It is similar to adding 很 before the adjective,the main difference being that adjective + 得很 is more informal, and adds more emphasis than just 很 + adjective.
Chinese Grammar learning: 就是
就是 (jiùshì) can be used to add many different types of emphasis. It can be used in the following ways:
Chinese Grammar learning: Subject + 一向 + Habit/Attitude/etc.
一向 (yī xiàng) is generally used to express a habit, attitude, or ‘set way of things' has continued for a long period of time until the present.
Umbrella
As early as 3500 years ago, umbrella had emerged in China. Regarding the invention of umbrella, there are many folk legends, among which the most widely spread one is the story about Luban inventing umbrella. According to the records of “Jade Chips”, umbrella was invented by Luban’s wife out of care and concern about her hardworking husband. As the folklore tells, daily meals delivered by Luban’s Wife Yun were often spoilt by downpours. So Luban built pavilions along the road. Later on, as inspired by children using lotus leaves for rain shelter, he invented the first umbrella by making a flexible framework covered by a cloth.
Grammar– Numeral-Measure Word Phrases 量词
A numeral-measure word phrase combines a numeral and a measure word right into a phrase. One sort of numeral-measure word phrase combines a numeral and a nominal measure word. For example:
Chinese Culture: Huangmei Opera (黄梅戏)
Originated from tea picking songs in Huangmei County, Hubei Province, finally formed and popular in Anhui Province, Huangmei Opera (黄梅戏 huángméixì ) is one of the Five Operas in China together with Peking Opera, Shaoxing Opera, Pingju Opera and Yuju (Henan) Opera. Today, I will introduce the Huangmei Opera.
Combined tea picking songs with other ancient local operas, Huangmei Opera was spread to Anqing City, Anhui Province by victims of floods and famines from Hubei Province. Adapted with elements of Anhui Opera and local songs and dances, Huangmei Opera developed to present form in Anqing language to portray the life of ordinary people with full-bodied living atmosphere in fresh style that make it loved by the masses.
Sentence Structure- the Predicate 句子成分-谓语
Words and phrases in sentences can be divided into sentence elements based on their use. There are six kinds of sentence elements in Chinese:
1. Subject
2. Predicate
3. Object
4. Attributive
5. Adverbial adjunct
6. Complement
Textile
China is one of the earliest countries in the world to begin the production of textiles. According to legends, the Yellow Emperor's wife Lei Zu invented the textile technology. In fact, however, China’s primitive textile technology dates back to the age way ahead of the Yellow Emperor period. The earliest textile product discovered by far is the scraps of kohemp cloth excavated at the site of the Caoxie (Straw Sandal) Hill, Wuxian County, Jiangsu province. It is more than 5700 years old.