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[Vocabulary]
Chinese phrase translation: 夜猫子 (yèmāozi) night owl
“夜猫子(yèmāozi)” means owls in Chinese dialect.
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[Customs]
Local music of Shanghai
The Traditional Shanghai music diversifies in variety: based on an abundance of folk ballads(a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language) and operas, the music has blended in folk
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[Movies&TV]
Book Which Came from the Sky (天书奇谭)
Today, I will introduce a Chinese animated feature produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio which called Book Which Came from the Sky (天书奇谭tiān shū qí tán). It is also referred to as "L
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[Basic Dialogue]
The Chinese Happiness Proverbs
The Happiness is we are always looking for. Without happiness everything else has no use. The following Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) is whole about happiness which might change yo
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: 到底
到底 (dàodǐ) literally means "to the bottom", and often is used where the speaker wants to get to the bottom of a problem or issue, emphasizing or questioning what the real reason for something
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[Customs]
Yuchanyan Site in China
Yuchanyan(玉蟾岩Yùchányán) is in Shouyan Town, Dao County of Hunan Province. It is in a karst limestone crag surrounded by planted rice paddy and pine forest. This crag site dates back to the
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese phrase translation: 左撇子 (zuǒpiězi) left-hander
“左撇子(zuǒpiězi)” refers to those who are used to using their left hands to do things such as handling chopsticks or scissors.
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[Customs]
Liangzhu Culture
Liangzhu culture is a kind of Neolithic culture located in the northern Zhejiang province and the southern coastal areas of Jiangsu province.
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[Movies&TV]
That Mountain, That Man, That Dog (那山那人那狗)
Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called That Mountain, That Man, That Dog (那山那人那狗nà shān nà rén nà gǒu). So let us have a brief introduction.
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[Basic Dialogue]
Chinese Proverbs on Marriage or Family
The Chinese proverbs(中国谚语Zhōngguó yànyǔ) and four-plus character idioms are developed from the formulaic or social saying/dialect/expression and historical meaning in Chinese language. He
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: 究竟
When someone asks you "what on earth are you doing?", "on earth" is used by the speaker to intensify the question. 究竟 (jiūjìng) can be used in the same way.
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[Customs]
The Dingcun Site in Shanxi Province
"Dingcun Man" of the Stone Age used to live here. In the autumn of 1954 a large scale excavation was conducted in Dingcun Site. More than 2,000 artifacts belonging to the Dingcun(丁村Dīngcūn) M
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese phrase translation: 宅男/宅女 (zháinán/zháinǚ) be indoorsy
Recently the expressions of “宅男/ 宅女(zháinán/zháinǚ)” become popular among the young people in China.
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[Customs]
Acrobatics in Tang Dynasty
300-year period in Chinese history from the Wei and Jin Dynasty (220-420) to the Southern and Northern Dynasty(386-581), witnessed great social turmoil(state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty,
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[Movies&TV]
Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm 風雲兒女
Today, I will introduce a Chinese film which called Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (風雲兒女fēng yǔn ér nǚ). So let us have a brief introduction.
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[Basic Dialogue]
Short Chinese Proverbs
Chinese language, which is well suited to the writing of short and snappy idioms and proverbs (谚语yànyǔ). Here is an index of some idiomatic(idiomatic language uses words in a way that sounds
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[Grammar]
Sentence Structure- Attributive 句子结构-定语
What role does attributive play in English, like "this and that"? What role does attributive play in Chinese? How much difference between them? 你知道定语在英语里起着什么作用吗?如“这个”和“那
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[Customs]
About the Group Sites at Nihewan of the Paleolithic Age
Nihewan(泥河湾Níhéwān) Basin is similar to the Olduvai Gorge of East Africa in its palaeo-environmental conditions and abundant archaeological materials recovered from Early Pleistocene deposi
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese phrase translation: 吹牛 (chuīniú) brag
"吹牛( chuīniú)” means to talk but ignore the facts.
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[Customs]
Folk dance of the Dai people
Folk dances of the 840,000 Dai Ethnic Group(傣族Dăizú) enjoy not only wide popularity but great diversity. Most of them imitate the movements of subtropical(subtropisch; the places have a clima