Chinese grammar: Emphasis with 就”jiu”
As an adverb, 就 (jiù) can be placed before the predicate to add emphasis. It often has an intense or provocative feel it it, like how we sometimes say in English "it's just not right!", or other similar phrases. It often appears as 就是.
Chinese food: Chinese Szechuan Recipes
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh noodles (Shanghai thin noodles are good)
1/2 pound chicken breast, cut into strips
4 ounces shrimp, shelled and cleaned
1/2 bok choy, cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 cup carrot, cut on the diagonal
1/2 cup broccoli or cauliflower, trimmed, cut on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces
1 onion, shredded
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 tablespoons hot bean sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons cooking oil for stir-frying
Marinade:
1 teaspoon wine
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 teaspoon cornstarch
Sauce:
1/2 cup stock
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon chili oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon sesame oil
2 teaspoons cornstarch
Liangzhu ruins
Liangzhu(良渚 Liángzhǔ) ruins unveiled in east China, Zhejiang Province on March 9, 2011. Since then, the Liangzhu culture slowly lift its mysterious veil.
Chinese grammar:Coincidence with 正好”zhenghao”
正好 (zhènghǎo) can be used as an adjective or adverb to help express a coincidence, and it could be related to size, volume, quantity, degree, time, etc. This is similar to how we say in English “Oh, this shirt I grabbed was just the right size." or something like that.
Chinese food: Singapore Noodles
This version of Singapore Noodles is made with shrimp. Ingredients: 1/4 pound thin rice stick noodles (rice vermicelli)
1 pound medium shrimp
2 cups mung bean sprouts
1 red bell pepper
2 cups shredded Napa cabbage
2 carrots
2 green onions
3 teaspoons minced ginger
1/4 cup water or chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon soft brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 tablespoons vegetable oil for stir-frying
1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder (Vietnamese brands are good), or to taste
About the Four Types of Writing Brush in China
The Writing Brush Produced in Zhejiang Province's Huzhou Long ago, the writing brush(毛笔mǎobǐ) produced in Huzhou, ink stick from Huizhou in Anhui Province, ink stone from Duanxi, Gaoyao country in Guangdong Province, and xuan paper, are regarded as the "four treasures of the study" in China.
Chinese grammar:Emphasizing quantity with 都”dou”
都 (dōu) is one of those characters that on the surface may seem simple, but actually has many different subtle uses. In this article, we will look at using 都 to emphasize quantity. It is Expressing quantity, Emphasizing.
Chinese food: Shrimp Lo Mein With Three Vegetables
Feel free to substitute Italian fettucine or linguini if Chinese egg noodles aren't available.
Hemudu Site Museum
The Hemudu Site(河姆渡遗址 Hémǔdù yízhǐ) Museum is located in Hemudu Town, Yuyao City, Zhejiang Province. The site dates from the early Neolithic period in southern China. It covers forty thousand square meters and has a cultural layer that is a total of 3.7 meters in depth. Four separate cultural layers can be distinguished that, after calibrated carbon fourteen testing, date to between 7,000 and 3,500 years ago. In 1982, this site was declared a National Key Cultural Protected Unit.
Chinese grammar：Again in the past with 又”you”
Whenever you want to express something like "you did it again!" in Chinese, you may want to use 又. It is Expressing time and date, Referring to the past.
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