Chinese Character of the Year 2012 Announced The Chinese character for dream, namely "梦(mèng)" has been named the 2012 Character
Category: Chinese Words&Phrases
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 捆绑bind
Pinyin: kǔn bǎng Meaning: bind Sentence: The red tape which was used to bind the files. 这个红色的带子是用来捆绑文件的。
Chinese Idiom:如火如荼 (rú huǒ rú tú)
In the late stage of the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋 chūn qiū,770 – 221BC), Fu Chai (fū chāi 夫差),ruler
Shenme 什么- Daily Mandarin Lesson
The Mandarin Chinese word for “what” is shénme. It is most commonly used as a question word, but can also
Chinese Proverbs 儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫
ér bù xián mǔ chǒu, gǒu bù xián jiā pín 儿 不 嫌 母 丑, 狗 不 嫌 家 贫
每日一词:拿手(náshǒu)be good at
拿手(náshǒu)be good at 释义 “拿手”的意思是擅长,做某事做得很好。常用句式“某人做某事很拿手”。有时候也说“拿手好戏”,常用句式有“做某事是某人的拿手好戏”和“某人的拿手好戏是做某事”。 Meaning “拿手(náshǒu)”means being adept or good at something. The commonly used pattern is “sb. 做(zuò)
hot word – 剩男剩女
剩男剩女 shèng nán shèng nǚ single men and women/leftover women and men
近日,《现代汉语词典》推出第六版,3000多个新词条引人注目。一些词语的入选和被拒,也引发坊间不少的纷争。比如说宅女和剩女,只有一字之差,宅女是幸运儿,入选了,而剩女剩男却被拒之门外。
Chinese Idiom:人不可貌相 (rén bù kě mào xiàng)
In the State of Zhao, there was once of a scholar by the name of Gongsun Long. He was a
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 裸婚naked marriage
Pinyin: luǒ hūn Meaning: naked marriage Sentence: It is such a custom that tying the knot with a man who doesn’t own a property is known as a ‘naked wedding’. 这里的习俗是,和一个无房的男人同结连理称作“裸婚”。
Ruguo 如果- Daily Mandarin Lesson
The Mandarin word for "if” is rúguǒ, made up of two characters: 如果. The first character 如 (rú) means "as