Chinese Kung Fu 中国功夫 – Wing Chun Legends and Lineages
The origin of Wing Chun is explained by a legend that involves a fight between a snake and a crane. According to the legend, a female Kung Fu master, Ng Mui, who was associated with with the Shaolin Temple*(1), chanced upon a fight between a snake and a crane, where normally the snake would be considered the underdog, yet the snake, biding its time and taking measure of the crane and the crane’s method of striking – and taking care not to be struck by the crane, of course, since, were the crane to connect (literal sense!) with the snake, it would be curtain time for the snake! – itself struck at the propitious moment, killing the crane.
Silk 丝绸
China is the earliest country to have produced silk (sī chóu 丝绸). Silk is a symbol of the ancient culture
Hasty Interruption
The fine-furniture store wher I work has been in business since the 1920s.Recently I received a call from a woman
每日一語 One Sentence A Day393
da3 kai1 shu1 fan1 dao4 di4 jiu3 shi2 jiu3 jiou ye4 打 开 书, 翻 到 第99页。 Open your books
The proper ways to describe a person’s personality in Chinese?
Well, today we’ll spend some time on getting the keywords right on this Learn Chinese online blog. You’ll learn some expressions that you could reuse in your own conversation in Chinese.
Chinese idioms:门庭若市 A Courtyard as Crowded as a Marketplace
zhànɡuǒ shí qíɡuó de xiānɡɡuó zōu jì shēncái ɡāodá rónɡmào duānzhuānɡ
不要在一棵树上吊死 – bu2yao4 zai4 yi1 ke1 shu4 shang4 diao4si3
Literal translation : don’t at one (measure word) tree on hang oneselfActual translation : Don’t hang yourself on one tree
A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE
Folk-song-styled-verse A SIGH FROM A STAIRCASE OF JADE —Li Bai Her jade-white staircase is cold with dew; Her silk soles
Everyday Chinese: Lesson 39 Depositing/Withdrawing Money
Everyday Chinese is the online Chinese course which designed for language learners who would like to acquire practical communication skills.
5.5吨重无人驾驶巴士挑战高山峡谷玻璃桥 Self-driving bus crosses glass-bottomed bridge at Zhangjiajie Canyon
The self-driving(无人驾驶 wú rén jiàshǐ) bus crosses the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon’s glass-bottomed bridge(玻璃桥 bōlí qiáo) in central China’s Hunan Province