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Pig Mouth
China may have fallen in love with Peppa, but the pig still has a sorry reputation in idioms and proverbs
SOCIAL CHINESE
Bad Romance
The melodramatic writings of Qiong Yao have inspired a whole slew of slushy satire
SOCIAL CHINESE
Performance Anxiety
Get through the ordeal of work evaluations with this handy language lesson
STREET TALK
Spirits of the Age
Having a big personality on the internet may get you labeled a “spirit”
LANGUAGE
2018: The Year in Words
Reform anniversary, trade war and some slang words covered by TWOC won the Chinese word-of-the-year contest
SOCIAL CHINESE
Mansplaining with Chinese Characteristics
From cradle to crèche, women are constantly being told what to do
DIALECTS
Fangyan Friday #4: Pu-Xian Min
An endangered Fujianese dialect from the birthplace of Mazu, the goddess of mariners
LANGUAGE
Back-Translating China
Why is Mao called Kun Lun? Did Sun Tzu make art or war? Translations errors of Chinese words…into Chinese
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