Where does it originate from?
As early as the Yuan Dynasty, herders were proud of raising horses. When horse herders encountered one another, they would often pat the buttocks of the others’ horse and say, “What a good horse!” to fawn on the owner of …
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Hai, Bèidì, háo jiŭ bú jiàn! A: 嗨，贝蒂，好 久 不 见！ Hi, Betty, long time no see!
Hai, Lùxī! Shíjiān guò de zhēn kuài, shŭjià hái méi wán gòu ne, yòu kāixué le! …
夜店(yèdiàn) One Night in Supermarket
夜店 (yèdiàn) One Night in Supermarket is a new movie (released on July 24th, 2009) that has been receiving rave reviews. Because the production costs were low, but the gross was high, this film has widely become known as …
巩俐(Gǒng Lì) Gong Li and her “New Nationality”
Finishing with the sentence “We are of Singaporean identity now,” Chinese actress Gong Li became Singaporean on 9th Nov in 2008 in the formal swearing-in ceremony 宣誓仪式 (xuānshì yíshì) in Singapore. Since then it has become a …
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Learn to know how to check in in a Chinese hotel!
Dialogue:
Wŏ dìnɡ le liǎnɡ tiān de dān rén fáng. 我 订 了 两 天 的 单 人 房 I reserved one single room for two days. Hái yŏu kōnɡ fánɡ jiān …
大内密探零零狗(dànèi mìtàn Líng Línggŏu) A Spy Called Ling Ling Gou in the Imperial Palace
大内密探零零狗 (dànèi mìtàn Líng Líng Gŏu) A Spy Called Ling Ling Gou in the Imperial Palace is a romantic comedy with 无厘头 (wúlítóu), an absurd-humor style. It is a hot movie …
拼音(pīnyīn) pinyin: nǚ 笔画(bĭhuà) number of strokes: 3 部首(bùshǒu) radical: 女
结构(jiégòu) structure: Independent structure (all strokes in the character are connected) 字源(zìyuán) etymology: Remnant Primitive, a woman kneeling or standing 笔顺(bĭshùn) stroke order:
常用词语(chángyòng cíyŭ) Commonly used words…
物质(wùzhì) Materialistic
The phrase 物质(wùzhì) materialistic comes from a poem in Jin Dynasty, and it refers to substance and materials. But with the rapid development of material life, many people are paying more attention to materialistic things while …
Nánbĕicháo shí, bĕizhōu yŏu ge jiào Zhăngsūn Shèng de wŭguān, 南北朝时，北周有个叫长孙晟的武官， shànyú shèjiàn, zhìmóu guò rén, 善于射箭，智谋过人， yīncĭ bèi cháotíng pàiqiăn hùsòng gōngzhŭ dào xībĕi tūjuézú qù chénghūn. 因此被朝廷派遣护送公主到西北突厥族去成婚。 Tūjuézú guówáng hĕn qìzhòng tā, bă tā liú xià lái, suí zìjĭ yìqĭ qù dăliè, 突厥族国王很器重他，把他留下来，随自己一起去打猎， …
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Correct Answer: D
A.”Happy” means 快乐(kuàilè). 快(kuài) means quick and 乐(lè) means happiness.
B.”Sad” means 悲哀(bēiāi). Both 悲(bēi) and 哀(āi) mean sad.
C.”Worried” means 担心(dānxīn). 担(dān) means shouldering and 心(xīn) means heart.
D.”Astounded” refers to 大吃一惊(dàchīyìjīng).
It is a Chinese idiom. 大(dà) means big; …
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English Chinese Pinyin Listen auntie 阿姨 ā yí Listen NowThere are over 80,000 Chinese characters, but most of them are seldom used today. So how many Chinese characters do you need to know? For basic reading and writing of modern Chinese, you only need a few thousands. Here are the coverage rates of …
Learn Chinese pinyin- Consonants with audio Chinese pinyin is a Roman-letter based system that China now uses to mark the pronunciation of Chinese characters. With four tones and pinyin, any Chinese characters can be pronounced precisely. In many cases, pinyin is quite intuitive to English …
Rebecca and Wang Bo are at Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant. They are commenting on food.
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丽 贝 卡
Lì Bèikǎ: Zhēn xiāng! Wŏ cónglái méi chī guò zhème hăochī de yāròu. 丽 贝卡： …
（1）在礼品店 AT a Gift Store
Lì Bèikǎ: Qĭng wèn, qù zhōngguó rén jiālĭ zuòkè, yìbān sòng shénme lĭwù? 丽 贝卡： 请 问， 去 中国 人 家里 做客，一般 送 什么 礼物？ Rebecca: Excuse me. What’s a suitable gift if I’m invited to visit a Chinese …
