Chinese Conversation 汉语对话 一针见血yīzhēnjiànxuè
hit the nail on the head
一针见血
(yīzhēnjiànxuè)A: Were you at the meeting?
你去开会了吗？
(nǐ qù kāihuì le ma ?)
Angle 5: Traditional vs. Simplified Chinese Characters
In the 1950s, the government of Mainland China "simplified" the written forms of many "traditional" characters in order to make learning to read and write the language easier for its then largely illiterate population.
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 股市 Stock market
股市
Pinyin: gǔ shì
Meaning：Stock market
Sentence：赌博与把资金投入股市并不一样，它完全是另外一码事。 Gambling is not the same as investing in the stock market. It’s a horse of a different colour.
Poem: a Flower in the Haze 唐诗《花非花》
Huā Fēi Huā 花非花 Bái Jūyì（Táng） 白居易（唐） Huā fēi huā, 花非花， wù fēi wù. 雾非雾。 Yèbàn lái, 夜半来， tiānmíng qù.
Daily Sentences Translation-196 My mobilephone is lost.
Wǒde shǒujī diào le. 我的手机掉了。 My mobilephone is lost. Notes: 我的(wǒde): my 手机(shǒujī): mobilephone 掉了(diào le): lost Example: A：我的手机掉了。
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 OMG! Chinese Buzzwords! (16)
暴力行善(bào lì xíng shàn)
violent charitable act
Last month animal lovers stopped a truckfull of dogs destined for dinner tables and forced the owner to sell the canines to them on a Beijing highway. Though the aim was charitable and laudable, some people said animal lovers had no right to hijack vehicles.
Lesson 071 It Will Be the First Day of the Year.
M: Dàjiā hǎo! Huānyíng dào Xiànzài Xué Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì ML S: Wǒ shì Stuart. Lesson 71.
Never make these mistakes in Chinese 80
Qīn, zhǎo nín liǎnɡkuài liǎnɡmáo liǎnɡ.
False: 亲，找您两块两毛两。
Qīn, zhǎo nín liǎnɡkuài liǎnɡmáo èr.
True: 亲，找您两块两毛二。
Chinese Conversation 汉语对话 支支吾吾zhīzhī wúwú
hem and haw
支支吾吾
(zhīzhī wúwú)A: Anyone who thinks the project needs further revision?
有没有人觉得方案还需要修改？
(yǒuméiyǒu rén juéde fānɡ’àn hái xūyào xiūɡǎi？ )
Poem: Mice in the Official Granary 唐诗《官仓鼠》
Guāncāng Shǔ 官仓鼠 Cáo Yè （Táng） 曹邺（唐） Guāncāng huāshǔ dà rú dǒu, 官仓花鼠大如斗， jiàn rén kāi cāng yì bù zǒu.
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