立夏称人 Weighing in and wishing for a pleasant Summer
The Chinese tradition of checking one’s weight falls on Lixia(立夏), one of the 24 solar terms of the Lunar Calendar
HSK Level 4 Vocabulary 70
The Flying Fish 鹏程万里
The Chinese idiom 鹏程万里 (peng2 cheng2 wan4 li3) literally means the long journey of the magical fish-bird. This Chinese idiom
Xi Guan – Daily Mandarin Lesson 习惯
Meaning habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to Pronunciation Tone marks: ► xí guàn Tone numbers:
每日一語 One Sentence A Day386
bu4 yao4 gei3 zhong1 guo2 ren2 song4 zhong1 song4 zhong1 ting1 shang4 qu4 xiang4 song4 zhong1 不 要 给 中
Everyday Chinese: Lesson 48 At the Pharmacy
Everyday Chinese is the online Chinese course which designed for language learners who would like to acquire practical communication skills.
中国菜名(中英对照)French Food 法国食品
- Escargot (snails) 法国蜗牛 – Potato croquettes 法式炸马铃薯肉饼 – Crisp mushroom and chestnut pastries 蘑菇栗子酥皮点心 – Crusty French bread 法式面包
Chinese allegories Lesson 22
hé shang chī hūn – zhī fă fàn fă
和尚吃荤 – 知法犯法
A Buddhist monk takes meat. – know the law but break it; deliberately flout the law; knowingly violate the law
Chinese idioms:叶公好龙——Professed Love of What One Really Fears
chūnqiū chǔɡuó yè zhūliánɡ zìchēnɡ yèɡōnɡ 春秋楚国叶诸梁,自称"叶公"。 jùshuō zhèwèi yèɡōnɡ àilónɡ chénɡpǐ 据说,这位叶公爱龙成癖, jiālǐde liánɡ zhù mén chuānɡshànɡ dōudiāozhe lónɡ
Chinese Kung Fu 中国功夫 – Shaolin Kung Fu
There can be little doubt, after examining firsthand the structure of Kung Fu, that mastery of it is indeed mastery of a fine art form. It requires a tremendous amount of background, in the way of both tacit and demonstrated skills.