02/05/2015 When learning Chinese characters, I found some students remember very well. Because they think that Chinese characters likes painting. How vivid it is! For example, the character of “英”, every time the students see the word, he…
02/05/2015 admin 二十四节气The 24 Solar Terms 立春 lìchūn the Beginning of Spring (1st solar term)Feb.3,4, or 5； 雨水 yǔshuǐ Rain Water (2nd solar term)Feb.18,19 or 20； 惊蜇 jīnɡzhé the Waking of Insects (3rd solar term)Mar.5,6, or 7； 春分 chūnfēn the Spring Equinox (4th solar term)Mar.20,21 or 22； 清明 qīnɡmínɡ Pure Brightness (5th…
02/05/2015 China is a huge nation and local cuisines vary a lot from one to another. One typical local food may not be accepted by people from other places. But there is an exception and that is “hotpot(huǒ…
02/05/2015 2002 Sister: Buy candy for me. I: No, I have no money. 2007 Sister: Buy a computer for me. I: No, I have no money. 2009 Sister: Buy a cellphone for me. I: No, I have no…
02/05/2015 My name is Mitsui Daisuke, I’m Japanese and I’m 26 years old. Before I came to Shanghai, I lived in Hiroshima. But my hometown is Kobe. I have been Shanghai for three months. For working with Chinese,…
02/05/2015 Chinese measure words 中文中的量词 What are measure words? Let me give you an example: a piece of cake. We call “piece” a measure word. And in Chinese we say “piece” as “kuài”. A…
02/05/2015 在西班牙， 饮食有很多种。西班牙人习惯吃午饭和晚饭都很晚。比如说，周末的时候西班牙人三点吃午饭，十点吃晚饭！西班牙菜不太辣。做饭的时候，西班牙人喜欢把油放到所有的菜里。 西班牙的油很有名，很好吃，对身体也有一点儿好处。西班牙人很喜欢葡萄酒和啤酒。他们吃饭和肉的时候，他们更喜欢喝红葡萄酒。但是他们吃饭和鱼的时候，他们更喜欢喝白葡萄酒。夏天他们很喜欢喝冰的饮料，也喜欢吃水果和冰淇淋。午饭以后，他们喜欢喝咖啡。我很欢迎你们来西班牙旅游，你们可以尝尝西班牙菜，不知道你们会不会喜欢。 In Spain, there are many kinds of diet. The Spanish are used to eating lunch or dinner very late. For example, the Spanish have lunch at 3pm and dinner at 10pm on the weekends!…
02/05/2015 Hi everyone! My name is Chris, my Chinese name is “Tofu”, why? Because my English name is “Christopher”, do you think “-topher” sounds like “tofu”? My Chinese friends think so, therefore they all call me “Tofu”,…
02/05/2015 Bamboos, Characters, Circles…… Winds, Dragons, Flowers, Seasons…… What is it? Mahjong! The most traditional of Chinese games. Look at these colorful tiles, our foreign students are feeling baffled: “Gosh, this is mahjong!” Mahjong is an integral part…
02/05/2015 admin Linguist, paleographer and economist Zhou Youguang, who is the inventor of pinyin – the medium that made it possible for you to type Chinese characters – turns 109 today. The only explanation Zhou could…