Archive for the Chinese vocabulary Category
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A Chinese expression to comfort people who just failed to achieve something that they’ve tried so hard to get – 有失必有得。
Life is full of ups and downs, same as learning Chinese. When it comes a time th
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Use Chinese expression 要什么，没什么 to describe a popular internet slang: 屌丝
In previous post, I introduced Chinese expression 怕什么， 来什么. In
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The more you fear it, the worse it gets – Chinese expression 怕什么， 来什么
When what you worried most did happen out of all odds, what do you say in Chines
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Don’t get yourself in unnecessary troubles – Chinese expression 多一事，不如少一事。
Based on your best knowledge, could you please try to figure out what does Chine
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What is actually being afraid of in Chinese expression 不怕一万，只怕万一?
Chinese like to use this expression 不怕一万，只怕万一 bùpà yī
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What are the common Chinese expressions you can use to say “Are you serious?” ?
"Are you serious?" is a very common expression in English. It is similar to ask,
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The expressions that Chinese like to use to express “I don’t care!”
I can't remember how many times in a day my preteen daughter would use her f
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The common usages of Character “将”
This post is to answer a reader's question regarding the usage of character "将
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Different ways to talk about people’s intelligence in Chinese
You probably already know one high frequency word to express "smart" in Chinese
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Six Chinese idioms about “eternity” illustrated in pictures – 关于”永恒”的话题
Do you know any Chinese words or idioms that are about "eternity"? I will show y
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Fun Chinese characters – stack them up in multi-dimensional thinking!
As I mentioned in "Things to know before you start to learn Chinese language", C
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What can smile do for us? – One Line Chinese
One Line Chinese - To learn Chinese in one line. xīnqíng hǎo de shíhou,
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How do Chinese talk about money – Chinese slang and vocabulary about “money” of all kinds
I'm not going to help you recognize RMB coins and bills in this post. I won
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Do you understand every occurrence of the Chinese characters “大 big” and “小 small”?
Big and small, 大 dà and 小 xiǎo, are two of the simplest Chinese charact
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Learn some Chinese words about London 2012 Olympics
London Olympics has entered the 14th day. While we're watching the breath-taking
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How many “double double ” Chinese words do you know and use?
In the sea of Chinese words, there is a group of words that you really need to k
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Short Chinese phrases that will do wonders for you
Aside from the universal magic word that you might have known from the very firs
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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 langu
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Discover ways to say “It’s just right!” in Chinese?
For a beginner level Chinese language learner, to tell people "It's just right!"
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The proper ways to describe a person’s personality in Chinese?
A person's personality is a very important aspect of a person's overall "quality
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How much you really know about “上 (up)” and “下 (down)” when you learn Chinese?
"Up - 上 shàng" and "down -下 xià" are two very basic frequently used Chi
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Do you know each age group has a cool name in Chinese? Which “name” you are under now?
To learn mandarin is not only about learning language itself. It is even more im
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Why the “blessing” symbol is upside down?
If you’re living in China or near a Chinese neighborhood, or if you have a Chi
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Lesson 11 How to describe “doing things at the same time” in Chinese?
In this busy world, don't we all live in a multi-task life style? To describe th
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How to memorize Chinese characters?
Each Chinese word is composed of one or more Chinese characters. However, in alp
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Lesson 10 How to understand and use Chinese sentence pattern “…把…”
If you've tried to read some Chinese articles, you should have a good chance to
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Lesson 9 How to use adjectives in Chinese (2)
In previous lesson, we introduced the usage of adjectives in Chinese. In this le
