Have you ever sang your own praises for saving 面子(miànzi)
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Chinese Story: Little Mice Move Their House (Beginner)
xiǎo lǎoshǔ bānjiā 小 老鼠 搬家
Little Mice Move Their House
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Chūntiān dào le, tiānqì mànman zhuǎn nuǎn, bīngxuě yě kāishǐ rónghuà le. 春天 到 了，天气 慢慢 转 暖， 冰雪 也 开始 融化 了。
As spring comes, the weather turns …
Explanations about conjunctive words in Chinese
1. Answer: B It’s common knowledge that “地球有吸引力(dìqiú yǒu xīyǐnlì) the earth has a gravitational force, and “因为(yīnwèi)……所以(suǒyǐ)……” is a way to express causal connection in Chinese.
2. Answer: A
After understanding the whole sentence, we know that 马可(Mǎkě) is a bilingual expression. So the …
Learn how to use conjunctive words in Chinese (Elementary)
Fill in the blanks with the proper Chinese words in order to complete the sentences below. Each sentence has only one right answer from the two choices.
1. _____dìqiú yǒu xīyǐnlì, ______shùshang de píngguǒ wǎng dìshang diào.
_____ 地球 有 吸引力，______ 树上 的 苹果 往 …
How Numbers Became Magical in Daily Life? (Elementary)
One day, Lucy received a love letter from Zhangming. To her surprise, there were no words in the letter, but only some numbers: “584, 5201314.” She was totally confused, and did not know what to think. So she asked her friend Lihua for help. After …
The Crow Drinks Water
wūyā hē shuǐ 乌鸦 喝 水
The Crow Drinks Water
Zhèyìnián xiàtiān lǎo yě búxiàyǔ， 这一年 夏天 老 也 不下雨，
It didn’t rain in the summer this year. xiǎohé lǐ hé shuǐtáng lǐ de shuǐ dōu bèi shàigān le。 小河 里 和 水塘 里 的 …
Chinese Tongue Twister: Three-Stone Mountain (Beginner)
三石山 (Sānshíshān) Three-stone Mountain
Wǒjiā zhùzài Sānshíshān, 我家 住在 三石山，
My family is living on the Three-stone Mountain.
shānqián shānhòu sānzuòshān, 山前 山后 三座山，
Front and back, there are three mountains in total.
shānxià yǒuzuò shuǐdiànzhàn, 山下 有座 水电站，
A hydropower station is located at …
“Ghost” in the Chinese Language (Elementary)
One day, one of my foreign friends rushed to my home and told me that she was really scared and upset because her neighbor, an old Chinese woman, said she was a ghost! How come this old lady behaved so rude to my foreign friend? …
Learn Three Antonymies in Chinese (Beginner)
1. Which one is the opposite of 大(dà)? A. 小 (xiǎo) B. 水 (shuǐ) 2. Which one is the opposite of 上(shàng)？ A. 王 (wáng) B. 下 (xià) 3. Which one is the opposite of 左(zuǒ)? A. 右 (yòu) B. 有 (yǒu)
Answers to mini test
1. Answer: A
大(dà) is an adjective meaning big and its antonym is small which in Chinese is 小(xiǎo). So the correct answer for this test question is A. The choice 水(shuǐ) means water.
Examples:
大: dà
Tāde yǎnjing hěn dà. 她的 眼睛 很 大。…
In 2013,Chinese Dragon Boat Festival will be on the 12th of June
端午节 (Duānwǔ jié) Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival in Chinese is 端午节(Duānwǔ jié). It is on the fifth of May of lunar calendar. There are many legends about this traditional festival and the most popular one is “屈原 (Qū Yuán) QuYuan,” who was a …
Living with a “Night Cat” (Elementary)
Early in the morning, Li Hua asks her boyfriend Jerry to go shopping for earplugs and an eye mask. Jerry is a little bit confused as to why she needs them. In his opinion, the campus is very quiet at night comparing with the noisy …
Learn to say “I’am sorry” in Chinese (Elementary)
Amy and Kate make a date to go to the cinema. On the way there, Amy’s car breaks down and she takes a taxi to the cinema. When she finally arrives, Kate has already been waiting for twenty minutes.
Conversation:
____, wǒ lái wǎn le. …