My Toy tears
A quick and upper-beginner / lower-intermediate child’s essay about two toy bears – a present from mom. Beginner Chinese Readers
368 Chinese basic characters – 34
安 peace; contentment; 安定 stable 安眠 sleep peacefully 安排 arrange 安全 safe;secure 安慰 comfort;console 安装 install;assemble 不安 unesay;worried
Fragrant and Spicy Shredded Potato
If you like spicy food and you like potatoes, and you’ve never had 香辣土豆丝 , you’re missing out. Now when
368 Chinese basic characters – 33
好 good; right; excellent; 好吃 delicious 好处 benefit;advantage 好感 good impression 好汉 worthy man 好久 a long time 好看
How to Make friends
Just in case you were wondering, below is a short intermediate essay on How to Make Friends. Intermediate Chinese Reading
368 Chinese basic characters – 32
子 infant; child; son; 子弹 bullet 子弟 young generations 子女 children 子孙 descendants 子夜 midnight 子音 consonant 孩子 child
You can come back again
Another slightly off-color “they don’t teach you how to say that in the textbook” joke, this one about two parents
368 Chinese basic characters – 30
手 hand 手臂 arm 手表 wrist-watch 手册 handbook 手段 means;measure 手法 skill;tricks 手工 handwork 手铐 handcuffs
368 Chinese basic characters – 29
友 friend 友爱 friendly affection 友邦 friendly nation 友好 friendly 友情 friendship 友人 friend 友善 friendly 友谊
Interesting Headlines: Series
To commemorate passing my 50th post, I’ll be starting a new series on this blog called “Interesting Headlines”, which will
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