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A smart video to introduce you to Chinese culture in 10 minutes

Posted by Grace on May 18, 2012 1 comment

If you want to know about Chinese culture and history in a brief moment. To obtain knowledge as much as you can, the following video should be able to help you with that. There’s one thing I want to point …

Read a Chinese history story, learn a Chinese idiom – 脱颖而出

Posted by Grace on May 17, 2012 No comment

Today we’ll learn Chinese idiom 脱颖而出 tuō yǐng’ér chū through a history story. In Warring States period (about 1500 years ago), Zhao kingdom was under beseiged by Qing kingdom. The King of Zhao assigned Duke Ping Yuan Jun to bring the best 20 …

A classic Chinese movie about family, life and love – 饮食男女 (Eat Drink Man Woman)

Posted by Grace on May 16, 2012 2 comments

I’m a movie lover. I always kind of know which movie is a classic, which is a one time thing. Classic ones, I can watch again after a period of time and still enjoy. Watching classic movie is like drinking …

Chinese radical show – “bug” radical (36)

Posted by Grace on May 14, 2012 No comment

In this series you’ll meet Chinese radicals that frequently appear in Chinese characters. To make it simple for you to memorize, I’ll just simply make a beautiful card with the radical on it’s left, and one English word to explain …

Lesson 20 How to use “Once …” sentence pattern in Chinese?

Posted by Grace on May 14, 2012 No comment

“Once he started, he can’t stop.” Sometimes, you really need that particular sentence pattern to express your thoughts exactly the way you want. Luckily for most of the sentence patterns in English, you can find their equivalent patterns in Chinese. …

Waiting for the one deciding factor while everything else is all set – Chinese idiom 万事具备, 只欠东风

Posted by Grace on May 12, 2012 No comment

万事具备, 只欠东风 wàn shì jùbèi, zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng is a very useful Chinese idiom that you can use under lots of circumstances. Basically it means waiting for one crucial condition while everything else is ready. Literally, 万事 means “everything”, 具备 means “ready”, 只 means “just”, 欠 means …

Learn Mandarin through a Chinese fairy tale – Movie 白蛇传说 (Legend of White Snake)

Posted by Grace on May 11, 2012 3 comments

白蛇传说 bái shé chuánshuō (Legend of White Snake) is a folk legend that went down Chinese history for hundreds of years. You might have seen it somewhere else as a short cartoon or a story in black and white, in Chinese or some other …

Music night tonight – Man and woman singing in harmony – “只能抱著你 (Can just hold you)”

Posted by Grace on May 10, 2012 No comment

As I said in the title, it’s a music night tonight. Come relax with me in a lovely mandarin song about the feelings that grow out of nowhere between a man and a woman. A woman gets hurt by her …

Can Chinese really do “one scan ten lines (一目十行 )” reading ? Then can you be trained to do it too?

Posted by Grace on May 9, 2012 3 comments

If you haven’t heard of the Chinese idiom 一目十行 yī mù shí háng , you’d better get to know now because you might can set it as your eventual goal for your reading capabilites on Chinese. Literally, “一目” means “one eye”, …

Consoling oneself with false hope – Chinese idiom 望梅止渴

Posted by Grace on May 8, 2012 No comment

Chinese idiom 望梅止渴 wàng méi zhǐ kě means to console oneself with false hope, to satisfy one’s craving by building illusion or daydreams. 望 means “look at”, 梅 means “plum”, 止 means “stop, quench”, 渴 means “thirst”. This idiom originated from a historical story that is …

Four different ways to describe your impression of a city in Chinese

Posted by Grace on May 6, 2012 5 comments

When you get into a chitchat with a native Chinese, it’s quite likely that you’ll be asked about your impression of a city, it could be the city you’re currently in, or the city you come from, or a city …

Lesson 19 How to use character “ 着“ in Chinese?

Posted by Grace on May 5, 2012 No comment

Character “ 着“ is a frequently used character that has no equavelant counterpart in English. There are also two ways to pronounce the mysterious character, I’ll show you how soon. However, as scary as it sounds, it’s really not that difficult …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (26 – Finale)

Posted by Grace on May 5, 2012 No comment

新结婚时代 xīn jiéhūn shídài (New Era of Marriage)” is a Chinese TV episode based on the book of the same name by a famous women writer “王海鸰 wáng hǎi líng“. It talks about how big impact the difference between two marriage …

Chinese idiom 出类拔萃 – The great expectation that Chinese parents have for their children

Posted by Grace on May 3, 2012 No comment

Why I say that Chinese idiom 出类拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì is the symbol of great expectations that Chinese parents have for their children? Maybe you’ve more or less heard of how strict most Chinese parents are to their children on their …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (25)

Posted by Grace on May 2, 2012 No comment

What’s for tonight: Suspense Movie “门” + Learn Mandarin!

Posted by Grace on May 2, 2012 No comment

Does anybody love suspense movie? Ever watched one in Chinese? Let’s try one tonight – “门 mén (The door)“. I do love the recipe of learning + movie, don’t you? There are not too many dialogue switching between roles in the …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (24)

Posted by Grace on April 30, 2012 No comment

If you wanna get the snake, don’t hit the grass – Chinese idiom 打草惊蛇

Posted by Grace on April 29, 2012 No comment

There are some Chinese idioms that can explain themselves very well via the condense four characters without further explanation. Chinese idiom 打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé is such an example. 打草 dǎ cǎo, hit the grass, 惊蛇 jīng shé, disturb the snake. The …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (23)

Posted by Grace on April 29, 2012 No comment

Learn Chinese from “doing” the most comfortable job in China – Hotel tester (试睡员)

Posted by Grace on April 28, 2012 No comment

If you want to learn a language and be able to use it the way a native does, nothing is better than actually doing all kinds of jobs in the language environment and train yourself to communicate freely under all …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (22)

Posted by Grace on April 28, 2012 No comment

Chinese radical show – “ghost” radical (35)

Posted by Grace on April 28, 2012 2 comments

The Chinese names for brands that are “Made NOT in China”

Posted by Grace on April 27, 2012 9 comments

If you have a business and is considering entering China market, have you ever wondered what kind of Chinese name your brand will be translated to? Instead of letting other people to translate it for you, you’d better pick one …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (21)

Posted by Grace on April 25, 2012 No comment

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (20)

Posted by Grace on April 24, 2012 No comment

Learn Chinese “把” sentence pattern while cooking the yummy “pumpkin pot”

Posted by Grace on April 24, 2012 2 comments

In lesson “把” sentence pattern I’ve described the meaning and usage of “把” sentence pattern. However, I definitely believe that if I use “把” sentence pattern in a vivid cooking tutorial, it’ll be much more interesting and easy for you to learn, …

Learn Chinese from Chinese TV episodes – 新结婚时代 (19)

Posted by Grace on April 23, 2012 No comment

Chinese radical show – “boat” radical (34)