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Idiomized: How to Talk Exams in 4 Characters

Phrases for success and failure in exams, past and present

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

June 26, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Musical Phrasing

Sayings about music, good and bad

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

June 19, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Speaking of Qu Yuan

Phrases by and about the official who inspired the Dragon Boat Festival

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

June 5, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Red-Light References

Traditional metaphors and euphemisms for sex work

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 29, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Treacherous Turns of Phrase

Phrases for betrayal, treason, and that one backstabbing friend

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 22, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: All in a Day’s Work

Idioms about working, workers, and the overworked

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 1, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Thanks for all the idioms

Phrases for remembering and repaying debts of gratitude

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 24, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Rain Speaking

Stormy sayings in celebration of spring

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 17, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Oh Brother!

Though modern policies created a generation of only children, sibling relationships were highly valued in ancient China

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 10, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Rat’s Your Lot

In Chinese, any term with the character “鼠 (rat)” usually has a derogatory meaning.

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 4, 2019

IDIOMS

Imperial Chengyu

The emperor that started China’s western exploration was also the inspiration for many proverbs

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 29, 2019

IDIOMS

Even Chickens and Dogs Go to Heaven

Avian and canine idioms to welcome the new zodiac sign

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 13, 2018

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