country 中国工业
As Ms Chang notes, many of the thousands of factories in Dongguan, a manufacturing hub in the southern province of
Daily Sentences-164 Fifty-fifty.
Yíbàn yíbàn ba. 一半一半吧。 Fifty-fifty. Notes: 一半(Yíbàn): half 吧(ba): model particle word which indicates the whole sentence is a suggestion.
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 草木皆兵 (Căomù jiē bīng)
Qínwáng dài zhe 80 wàn jūnduì qù gōngdǎ Jìn guó. Jìn guó què zhī yǒu 8 wàn rén yìngzhàn, Qín
Daily Figurative Slangs 泡汤 fall flat
泡汤 fall flat 【注音】pào tāng 【解释】北方话还可以说“黄了”，也就是事情落空了，没有指望了。 There’s another expression in northern dialect——huang le，which means the same：something fall through or becomes
Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 木偶 Puppet
木偶
Pinyin: mù ǒu
Meaning：Puppet
Sentence：木偶是用线来操纵的。 Puppets are worked by strings.
Forming Mandarin Negatives
Mandarin is a relatively simple language in that it does not have verb conjugations. The same form of verbs can
News in China: farmer in China 中国农民
China’s transformation into the “workshop of the world” just over a decade ago was powered by rural migrant workers earning
Daily Sentences Translation-163 Hurry up.
Kuài diǎn. 快点。 Hurry up. Notes: 快(Kuài):be quick 点(diǎn): a little Example: A：Kuài diǎn. 快点。 Hurry up. B：我来了。
Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 草船借箭 (Cǎochuánjièjiàn)
Sān guó shí, Zhōu Yú jídù Zhūgě Liàng de cáinéng, yào tā zài sān tiān zhī nèi zào shíwàn zhī
Daily Figurative Slangs 气管炎（妻管严） henpecked
气管炎（妻管严） henpecked 【注音】qì guǎn yán （qī guǎn yán） 【解释】俗话就是怕老婆。 The colloquial expression is“be afraid of one’s wife”。 【例子】 例：别看老刘长得又高又大，象个黑社会的人，可他还是个气管炎呢。 Ex.：Lao
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