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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 起来
起来 (qǐlái) comes up very frequently in Chinese and can be used both literally and figuratively. This is a little like the usage of "up" in English which can be used literally, as in "stand up
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 好
One of the most often used result complements is 好 (hǎo). It implies that something is complete or done well.
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 错
Everyone makes mistakes, especially when you start learning Chinese. Learn how to use the result complement 错 (cuò) to express making mistakes!
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 不下
Another great potential complement is 不下 (bùxià).
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 不动
This is a potential complement that expresses you "can't do something." Don't confuse it with 不懂 as explained in The "-bu dong" (don't understand) Potential Complement.
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 得 / 不⋯⋯
Verbs can take potential complements that indicate whether or not the action is actually possible. They are useful in Chinese to say if an action can take place.
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V/Adj + 得…
In this article, we take a look at how we use 得 (de) to help describe an action. It is one of the characters that often gets confused with 的 and 地, since they could be pronounced as a neutral
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[Grammar]
Chinese Grammar learning: V + 到 / 给 / 在⋯⋯
One kind of complement in Chinese involves putting 到, 给 or 在 after the verb. These are used to indicate direction, target and location, respectively.
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[Food]
Manti dumpling
Manti(羊肉水饺yángròu shuǐjiǎo) or Mantu are dumplings popular in most Turkic cuisines, as well as in the Hejaz and Caucasian, Central Asian, and Chinese Islamic cuisines.
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[Food]
About Banku and kenkey
Banku and kenkey fit the definition of a dumpling in that they are starchy balls of dough that are steamed. They are formed from fermented(having undergone fermentation) cornmeal dough.
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[Food]
Dumpling
The dumplings(dumplings are small lumps of dough that are cooked and eaten, either with meat and vegetables or as part of a sweet pudding) are a food that consists of small pieces of dough, eithe
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[Characters]
Mencius孟子
Mencius (孟子Mèngzi), also known by his birth name Meng Ke(孟轲Mèngkē)or Ko, was born in the State of Zou (邹国Zōuguó).
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[Customs]
About Boat Tracker
Boat trackers(纤夫qiànfū) refer to those who track or row the boat for others and take it as a profession(a profession is a type of job that requires advanced education or training).
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[Speaking]
Chinese Song—The Radio Love Song
This song is about regret,sung by Karen Mok,the best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your mistakes and weaknesses and still think you’re amazing.So hold tight to the one who make
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[Customs]
Sedan Chairs of China
A sedan chair(轿子jiàozi) is a human or animal-powered transport vehicle for carrying a person, once popular across the China. It has different names like “shoulder carriage”, “sleeping sedan
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[Food]
Fried Flour Cakes
The Youxiang(油酥烧饼yóusū shāobǐng) is a traditional snack(a snack is something such as a chocolate bar that you eat between meals) of China’s Hui minority.
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[Food]
Cool Herbal Tea of China
The Cool herbal tea(凉茶liángchá) is a drink made from decocted Chinese herbal medicines that are cool in property or capable of removing internal heat from the human body.
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[Characters]
Laozi老子
Laozi (老子Lǎozǐ) is the name of a legendary Daoist (道教Dàojiào) philosopher, the alternate title of the early Chinese text better known in the West as the Daodejing (道德经Dàodéjīng).
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[Food]
Local Food of Chongqing
The Chongqing(重庆Chóngqìng), there are many local delicacies(something considered choice to eat), these things has a long history, they reflect the local culture, is an integral(something that
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[Food]
Food in Lijiang
From the name we know this snack is made of the white potato(白土豆bái tǔdòu). This kind of pan-cake is a sort of must food during harvest seasons in mountainous(a mountainous place has a lot