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Lesson 009 Numbers from 0 to 5 in Chinese

Yajie: Perfect Chinese your way, in only five minutes a day. Welcome to this edition of Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: Good morning, I’m Cam.
Y: This week we’ll mainly focus on numbers, which you can use almost everyday in China.
C: Right, numbers are very important in our lives. We are going to start from the very beginning. Let’s check Key Words of the Day!

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Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 上网 To surf the net

上网

Pinyin: shàng wǎng
Meaning:To get on the Internet, surf the net
Sentence:  两年的研究表明,上网次数多的人与较少的人相比,即使是一周仅上网几小时也会经常地感 觉到沮丧和孤独。Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed.

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Chinese Idiom 狐假虎威

一次,一只老虎抓住了一只狐狸,便要吃它。那狡猾的狐狸抗议说:“你怎么可以吃我!我是天帝派来到森林里来做兽中之王的。你如果不信,可以跟着我走,看哪有一只野兽不怕我!”
老虎要证实它的话,就同意了它的建议。
狐狸走在前面,老虎紧紧的跟在后面。森林里的兔子,鹿儿等野兽,看见老虎来了,一个个都躲开了。
老虎看了以为那些野兽真的是怕狐狸而逃的,也就不敢吃狐狸了。
“狐假虎威”这个成语就是由这个故事而来,形容那些依仗别人势力欺负他人的人。

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