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男 man; male; masculine 男孩 boy 男女 men and women 男人 man 男生 male voice 男性 male 男装 male

Story Behind the Idiom yanerdaoling

This fable describes backstory / origination of the idiom 掩耳盗铃 yǎn ěr dào líng, which literally translates as “to plug

368 Chinese basic characters – 12

田 rice field grain field 田地 field;plight 田鸡 frog 田径 track and field 田野 open country 田园 fields

Sister Come home!

This very sad and vaguely metaphorical story is a bit long for beginner reading, but other than a couple of

368 Chinese basic characters – 11

尖 pointed; sharp 尖兵 vanguard 尖刀 sharp knife 尖顶 peak;apex 尖端 highest point 尖利 sharp 尖锐 sharp;pointed 尖塔

The Two parrots

This not-too-dirty-but-not-really-clean joke comes from a great blog on the Sina blog network, the Chinese equivalent of Blogger. Simplified Chinese

368 Chinese basic characters – 10

少 less;few short of 少量 small quantiy 少女 young girl 少数 minority 少许 little;few 少有 rare;scarce 少年 teen-ager

Three Good friends

A very simple story about three friendly butterflies who stick up for each other. Click to Listen 蝴蝶 – hú

368 Chinese basic characters – 9

小 small; petty; young 小吃 snacks 小丑 clown 小岛 small island;islet 小姐 lady;miss 小麦 wheat 小时 hour 小偷 thief

The Theif of me

I love mystery novels, especially the trashy ones. This synopsis’ll get you up to speed on all that evil grave