“掌上明珠(zhǎngshàng míngzhǔ)” literally means a valuable pearl in one’s palm. It is a metaphor to refer to the child, usually the daughter, who is dearly loved by his/her parents.
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The Rules of Stroke Order
Different strokes consist of different Chinese characters.Correct stroke order makes writing hanzi quicker and better .Today I’ll introduce 4 basic rules of stroke orders.
Chinese Radical
Chinese characters are composed of components that are call “radicals”(部首bùshǒu). It can help you to more easily recognize and learn Chinese characters.Today we will learn some of them.
The Basic Rules for Chinese characters Writings
Today we learn about the basic rules for “Chinese characters” writings. Correct stroke order, related to the speed and shape of the writing is good or bad. Therefore, it is an important part of
The Folk Indication(5)–Lotus莲花
Lotus has various meanings in Chinese traditional culture. A gentleman, a symbol of integrity, a symbol of love etc. If you are interested in lotus, come with me!
Evolution of Hanzi stripts
Like all other forms of writing,hanzi have evolved over the past several thousand years.Hanzi in their earlist forms are very much like simple pictures.Now I’ll give you examples to show how the
Evolution of Hanzi stripts
Like all other forms of writing,hanzi have evolved over the past several thousand years.Hanzi in their earlist forms are very much like simple pictures.Now I’ll give you examples to show how the
Learning to Write Chinese Characters
Learning to write Chinese characters is one of the most difficult aspects of learning Mandarin Chinese. There are thousands of different characters, and the only way to learn them is by memorizat
The Structure of Chinese Characters
Now in modern Chinese there are more than 50,000 characters in total,All of them can be put into three types.They are pictographs,ideographs,and radical-phonetic compound characters.
Basic Chinese intensive reading|基础汉语精读 Lesson 20 安全第一
Lesson 20 安全第一 一、新词语 新词语 拼音 词性 词义 1.交通 1. Jiāotōng 名 traffic 2.门口儿 2. Ménkǒu er 名 entrance; doorway