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Category: Chinese Words&Phrases
Popular Word – 应急避难所
yìng jí bì nàn suǒ
应急避难所
emergency shelterfàng shè xìng wū răn
放射性污染
radioactive pollution, radioactive contamination
Fun Chinese characters – stack them up in multi-dimensional thinking!
In this post I’d like to stack up some character legos with you and hopefully you’ll learn a few new characters after this fun exercise.
Fang Jia – Daily Mandarin Lesson 放假
Meaning go on vacation; have a holiday Pronunciation Tone marks: ► fàng jià Tone numbers: fang4 jia4
Chinese Idioms and Colloquialisms 汉语成语与俗语 (1)
Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed
Borrowed Chinese Words 中文外来词
现代汉语外来词目录 A 奥林匹克 àolínpǐkè Olympics 阿司匹林 āsīpǐlín aspirin 奥斯卡 àosīkǎ Oscar 艾滋病 àizībìng AIDS B 芭蕾 bāléi ballet 巴士 bāshì
Different ways to talk about people’s intelligence in Chinese
You probably already know one high frequency word to express “smart” in Chinese – 聪明 cōngming. I agree that if
A Heavenly Dress Without Seams 天衣无缝
The Chinese idiom 天衣无缝 (tian1 yi1 wu2 feng4) literally means a heavenly dress without seams. The saying originates from a
Popular Word – 元老
yuán lǎo
元老
old head – one who ranks in age and experience, especially when in social groups
Chinese Proverbs 三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiàng, dǐng gè zhū gě liàng 三 个 臭 皮 匠, 顶 个 诸 葛 亮