Category: Chinese Words&Phrases
The rules of writing Chinese characters
笔顺，就是写字的笔画的先后顺序。所有汉字都是由基本笔画 ( 点、横、竖，撇、折 ) 构成的，先写什么，后写什么，是有一定的规律的。
Lesson 11 How to describe “doing things at the same time” in Chinese?
Say you want to say: “He’s chatting with his friend while watching TV.”For this type of sentences in Chinese, usually there are two sentence patterns you can choose from:
Zhun Bei – Daily Mandarin Lesson 准备
Meaning preparation; prepare Pronunciation Tone marks: ► zhǔn bèi Tone numbers: zhun1 bei4 Chinese Characters Traditional:
巧妇难为无米之炊 – qiao3fu4nan2wei2wu2mi3zhi1chui1
Literal translation – skilled wife difficult to without rice make good meal.Even the most skilled of wives/women is unable to make a good meal without rice
Mend the Fold After a Sheep is Lost 亡羊补牢
The Chinese expression 亡羊补牢 (wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2) literally means mend the fold after finding a missing sheep. It comes
Learn Chinese Words 学汉字 07 勺sháo
勺sháo Introduction: Definition:spoon, ladle; unit of volume Text： 勺子[sháo zi] spoon 饭勺[fàn sháo] rice spoon 汤勺[tāng sháo] soup spoon 铁勺[tiě
Popular Word – Laughing Stock 笑柄
His mistakes have made him a laughing stock. 他的种种错误让他成了大家的笑柄。谈到"笑柄"，您可能会立马想到"butt"或"butt of the joke"。不过，在“阅读理解”中若碰到"laughing stock"，千万别蒙头！它也表示“笑柄”。
"Laughing stock"最早可追溯到16世纪，"stock"在此表示刑具——用来夹双踝或双腕的两块木板（有点类似于"颈手枷"）。正是基于“受刑者遭嘲笑”这一本意，现代意义上的"laughing stock"指的是"受嘲笑的人或事"，也就是"笑柄"了。
Learn some new ways to express “so so” in Chinese
Usually “so so” can be expressed as “还行吧 hái xíng ba” in Chinese language. However, there are actually lots of
Chinese Proverbs 一人吃饱，全家不饥
yī rén chī bǎo, quán jiā bù jī 一 人 吃 饱， 全 家 不 饥 If one member of
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