Answer to Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign?
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B <<Back to Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign? …
Video Lesson: Is Dragon Your Animal Sign?
How to talk about your animal sign in Chinese?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Ellie, nǐ shǔ shénme? B: … What would Ellie say? Please choose the best answer. A. Wǒ shì lóng. B. Wǒ shǔ lóng. C. Wǒ ài lóng. 2. A: Lǐ …
Quiz Time! How to Get Extra Time in Chinese
Read the dialogue and answer the question below.
Lì Li: Kuài diǎnr, diànyǐng jiù yào kāishǐ le. 丽丽：快点儿，电影就要开始了。
Wáng Qīng: Děng ( ), wǒ mǎshàng jiù dào. 王青：等( )，我马上就到。
Please choose the best answer that completes the sentence.
A. 一个 (Yígè)
B. 一点 (Yìdiǎn)
C. …
Answer to Why Do Chinese People Give Apples as Presents on Christmas Eve? (Part Two)
Answer: 1. A
Analysis:
Èr shí sì máo (jiǎo) qián shì duōshǎo qián? 二十四毛（角）钱是多少钱？ How much can 24 dimes be converted into?
Liǎnɡ kuài sì máo qián 两块四毛钱 Two yuan and four dimes
Liǎnɡ bǎi sì shí kuài qián 两百四十块钱 Two hundred and forty yuan…
Why Do Chinese People Give Apples as Presents on Christmas Eve?
A Unique Christmas Gift – 24 Magical Chinese Coins
PartⅠ: 平安夜送苹果 (Píng’ān yè sòng píngguǒ) Give Apples on Christmas Eve
A common Christmas present in China is apples wrapped in beautiful gift wrapping—Christmas with a Chinese flavor. Giving apples on Christmas Eve is an interesting …
Answer to Why Do Chinese People Give Apples as Presents on Christmas Eve? (Part One)
Answers: 1. B 2. C
Analysis:
From the text, we can see that because the Chinese people sending apples on Christmas Eve to wish others safe, and 苹 (píng) and 平 (píng) sounds the same, so Christmas Eve is also called 平安夜 (píng’ānyè).
Answer to A Chinese Song Only for the Most Loved Children
Answers: (1) C (2) A
Analysis:
Yìbān lái shuō, zhǒngzi yào jīngguò shēnggēn, fāyá, kāihuā hé jiēguǒ sì gè guòchéng. 一般来说，种子要经过生根、发芽、开花和结果四个过程。 In general, seeds will undergo four processes including rooting, germination, blossom, and bearing fruits.
果实 (Guǒshí): fruits
花 (Huā): flowers
叶子 (Yèzi): leaves
Above …
A Chinese Song Only for the Most Loved Children
Chinese popular song for Children:“吉祥三宝 (jíxiáng sān bǎo) Sambo Auspicious” “吉祥三宝 (Jíxiáng sān bǎo) sambo auspicious” is a song Buren Bayar wrote to his three-year-old daughter who liked to ask many questions and Buren would answer all of them. Buren said that in his …
Answer to Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style!
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1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B <<Back to Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style! …
Video Lesson: I Love Chinese Style!
How to talk about your favourite music in Chinese?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Xiànzài Zhōngguó fēng hěn huǒ a! Zhōu Jiélún hé Wáng Lìhóng de xīn gē dōu shì Zhōngguó fēng. B: Zhōngguó fēng hǎotīng ma. Wǒ yě hěn xǐhuan Zhōngguó fēng. Which …
Answer to Learn Wisdom from This Chinese Story of Children’s Debate
Answers: 1. B 2. C
Analysis:
Tāmen zài tǎolùn tàiyáng de dàxiǎo wèntí. 他们在讨论太阳的大小问题。 They are discussing the dilemma of the size of the sun.
Tāmen zài tǎolùn tàiyáng jùlí yuǎnjìn de wèntí. 他们在讨论太阳距离远近的问题。 They are discussing whether the sun is far or near to …
Learn Wisdom from This Chinese Story of Children’s Debate
Many Chinese idioms and proverbs have wonderful stories about how they originated. This fable is a classic story from ancient China. It is said to be written by Lie Zi during the Warring States period and holds a great moral that is essential for all …
Answer to How Do We Cry out in Chinese?
Answers: 1. A
Analysis:
Wáng Qīng: Āiya, nǐ yòu cǎi dào wǒ de jiǎo la. 王青： 哎呀，你又踩到我的脚啦。 Wang Qing: Ouch, You stepped on my foot again.
Lì Lì: Bàoqiàn, wǒ búshì gùyì de. 丽丽： 抱歉，我不是故意的。 Li Li: Sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose.
We …
How Do We Cry out in Chinese?
Interjections are commonly used in our daily life which are also known as “叹词 (tàncí)” or “感叹词 (gǎntàncí)” in Mandarin Chinese.
These kinds of expressions are used in our daily lives to express exclamations or make various kinds of emotional responses.
It happens every day!…
Video Lesson: What’s Your Type?
How to talk about different men and women preference types in relationships?
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: Bella, nǐ xǐhuan shénme yàng de nánshēng? B: Wǒ xǐhuan chéngshú xìxīn de nánshēng. Nǐ ne? A: Wǒ xǐhuan yōumò de. What are they talking about? Please …
Answer to Video Lesson: What’s Your Type?
Answers:
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C <<Back to Video Lesson: What’s Your Type? …
Answer to Is Being Tan Or Being Fair-skinned More Beautiful?
Answers: C Analysis: Xiǎo Xīn: Āi, wǒ zuìjìn yòu shài hēi la. 小新： 哎，我最近又晒黑啦。 Xiao Xin: Ah, I got tan again recently.
Xiǎo Míng: Tǐng hǎo de ya, xiǎomài sè de pífū kàn shàngqù hěn jiànkāng. 小明： 挺好的呀，小麦色的皮肤看上去很健康。 Xiao Ming: “This is great, wheat-colored skin …
Is Being Tan Or Being Fair-skinned More Beautiful?
“美 (Měi) Beauty” is not an absolute, inflexible concept. There are differences between the understanding and pursuit of beauty between the East and the West. For Chinese, among many standards of beauty, fair skin is a rather important “标准 (biāozhǔn) criterion” to judge “外貌 (wàimào) …
Video Lesson: Let’s Break up!
How to express “we are not right for each other, I guess we have to break up?”
Exercises in the Video:
1. A: We have been together for two years. You still have kept the photos of your ex-girlfriend. Wǒmen fēnshǒu ba! B: Lisa, bié …
Answer to Video Lesson: Let’s Break up!
Answers:
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A <<Back to Video Lesson: Let’s Break up! …