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The 10 best free resources for learning Mandarin Chinese
I’ve gathered here what I consider the best free resources for learning Mandarin and ranked them in order of usefulness. I reckon you could learn Mandarin very effectively, for free, using only these resources.
10 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Chinese Right Now
One of the most important aspects of learning Chinese is making the best use of your time. It can be easy to waste all of the little five-minute chunks of time that appear throughout your day, but if you can put them to use, the benefits add up fast.
5 Lies Teachers Tell You About Mandarin Tones
Mandarin tones are one of the classic “difficult parts” of the language. Despite that, textbooks and teachers often do a bad job of teaching them. A big part of this is that the focus is too often on teaching tones, rather than teaching how to learn tones.
Chinese Astrology 中国式占卜
What is Chinese Astrology It's been a long time since Chinese astrology appeared. Chinese astrology is based on the traditional astronomy and calendars. The development of Chinese astrology is tied to that of astronomy, which came to flourish during the Han(汉 hàn) Dynasty. Chinese astrology has a close relation with Chinese philosophy and uses the principles of yin(阴 yīn) and yang(阳 yáng) and concepts that are not found in Western astrology, such as the wu xing teachings, the 10 Celestial stems, the 12 Earthly Branches, the lunisolar calendar, and the time calculation after year, month, day and shichen(时辰 shíchén).
Chinese Cultural Taboos
It is like any other race，Chinese has their fair share of taboos, some of them are related to the language and culture. The following three tips of Chinese cultural taboos has been existed through many years for Chinese people. Like most deeply rooted ancient Chinese traditions, the younger generation is paying less and less attention to these kinds of habits, but foreigners living in China would still do well to avoid the following Chinese taboos.
Introduction of Legend of Zhen Huan 甄嬛传简介
A popular Chinese TV drama thatThe Legend of Zhen Huan features Chen Jianbin and Sun Li playing Emperor Yong Zheng and his concubine Zhen Huan,is seeking a US channel to air its English-language version of the show and increase its audience for the saga of love and intrigue in imperial China.
The Double Ninth Festival 重阳节
农历九月初九是重阳节。这是一个很古老的节日，距今已有一千七百多年的历史。The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. It is a very old festival and has a history of more than 1,700 years.
在中国数字中，一、三、五、七、九为阳数，二、四、六、八为阴数。因此，九月初九被称作重阳或重九。中国古代，重阳节是一个重要的节日，这一天要举行各种活动，如：登高、赏菊、插茱萸、吃重阳糕等。Among Chinese numbers, the numbers one, three, five, seven and nine are thought to be yang (Chinese for masculine or positive) and two, four, six and eight are thought to be yin (Chinese for feminine or negative). Thus, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is called the Double Yang or Double Ninth. As an important festival in ancient China, the Double Ninth Festival was celebrated by doing various activities, such as climbing a mountain, appreciating chrysanthemums, wearing cornel and eating double ninth cakes.
Why Mandarin Chinese is harder than you think
Mandarin Chinese is often described as a difficult language, sometimes one of the most difficult ones. This is not hard to understand. There are thousands of characters and strange tones! It must surely be impossible to learn for an adult foreigner!
OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (29)
吃生活(chī shēng huó)
To be beaten up, be hit (accidently) This phrase has two parts: the first part 吃 , meaning "eat," and the second part 生活 , meaning literally "life." However, this does not mean "eating up a life," because in the vernacular, 生活 may also mean "chore" or "job."
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