I had concerns to post intermediate to advanced level stories on this blog before. Not that I was not confident
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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 32 (Intermediate to Advanced)
Zhuang Liqun barely had time to meditate before he made the decision to go on with the “business”. He committed
Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 3 (Intermediate to Advanced)
Chief inspector Liu Mingtian introduced the women witness to police composite artist Zeng to construct the facial composites of the
Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 9 (Intermediate to Advanced)
Crime Scene Investigator Qi Dong finally discovered small material evidence that might help them find out wher the robbers got
Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 34 (Intermediate to Advanced)
Hiding in a small rented room, Zhuang Liqun was overwhelmed by boredom. [simplified Chinese] 罪恶有痕 34 小屋里唯一的窗子被拉上了窗帘.屋外的亮和屋里的暗形成鲜明对比. 百无聊赖, 又坐卧不安的庄立群靠在床上.电视里放些什么他一点都看不进去.
Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 33 (Intermediate to Advanced)
A lethal mistake led the cops to find the place wher Zhuang Liqun was hiding. [simplified Chinese] 罪恶有痕 33
The Language of an Ancient Instrument
If you thought learning Chinese was hard, then pop over to the musical instrument vocabulary list for a break. All you have to remember is the suffix 琴 (qín), and you’ll have the names of most instruments half memorized—violin is 小提琴 (xiǎotíqín), keyboard is 电子琴 (diànzǐqín) and the harmonica is 口琴 (kǒuqín). You can even use 琴 as a shortened way of saying these instruments (我在练琴, I’m practicing qin), which works out great until you realize that people have no idea whether you’re playing a piano, a guitar or an erhu.
Fancy Lantern 灯彩
Fancy lanterns (dēng cǎi 灯彩), also called Colored Lamps (huā dēng 花灯), are special handicraft product of Chinese tradition which
Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 31 (Intermediate to Advanced)
During a talk with his friend about the “internal connection” of the planned crime, some strange feeling aroused within Zhuang
Chinese Daily Communication 汉语日常对话 12 Learning Chinese Course 3
Zhè shì wǒ de náshǒucài. This dish is my specialty. Nǐ duō chī diǎnr.