Chinese Taiji 太极
Taiji Quan(太极拳,Tàijí Quán)is one of the major Chinese martial arts (Wushu). It is used for life enhancement, health building and
Learn Chinese L4: How many people are there in your family?
Dachuan, Wang Jun and Li Mei are having a picnic by the lake. Seeing many happy families, Wang Jun asks
Lesson 121 – Sports 1
Chris: Yajie, Last week we talked about sports on Chinese Studio. And in keeping with our athletic theme, we are going to learn terms related to the gym this week. Welcome to the show everyone, wo shi Chris.
Yajie: And wo shi Yajie. There are many different forms of working out and different pieces of equipment to use, so this will be a busy but a useful week.
Chris: Good. Let’s start with Key Words of the Day.
Save for a Rainy Day 未雨绸缪
The Chinese idiom 未雨绸缪 (wei4 yu3 chou2 mou2) literally means thatch your roof before the rain begins and originates from
Chinese Reading -无害的蚂蚁- Learn Chinese Class
无害的蚂蚁A medical student doing a rotation in toxicology at a poison control center told this story to his local newspaper. “Today, this woman called in very upset because she caught her little daughter eating ants. I quickly reassured her that the ants are not harmful and there would be no need to bring her daughter into the hospital. She calmed down, and at the end of the conversation happened to mention that she gave her daughter some ant poison to eat in order to kill the ants. I told her that she better bring her daughter into the Emergency Room right away.”
“Curse of the Golden Flower” – movie of a piece of art, and a beautiful theme song
Some movie is like a piece of art. Chinese movie “满城尽带黄金甲” (Curse of the Golden Flower) is one piece of
Chinese Proverbs 天下兴亡,匹夫有责
tiān xià xīng wáng, pǐ fū yǒu zé 天 下 兴 亡, 匹 夫 有 责 Everyone is responsible for
Tea Collection 名茶荟萃 Yunnan Pu'er tea 云南普洱茶
云南普洱茶是云南的名茶,古今中外负有盛名,它是以西双版纳地区仅有的滇青毛茶为原料,经再加工而制成的。普洱茶的历史十分悠久,早在唐代就有普洱茶的贸易了。 Yunnan Pu’er tea is a famous tea produced in Yunnan that has a reputation spanning the ages and all
Zai Nali 在哪里- Daily Mandarin Lesson
The Mandarin question word for "wher” is zài nǎli. It is made up of three characters: 在 (zài) which means
Qingming Festival 清明节
Qingming Festival 清明节 The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on