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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

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday # 6: Wild Geese of Hengyang

Quirky adjectives and sayings from a city known for migratory birds

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

March 15, 2019

STREET TALK

Up in the Air

Out of touch with the common people? You may be inflated

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 27, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 根

The character that gets back to basics

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 17, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #5: Rise with Nanchang

A melodious dialect from the city of heroes and food

Feb. 15, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Gala Palaver

How to decode CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 4, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Pig Mouth

China may have fallen in love with Peppa, but the pig still has a sorry reputation in idioms and proverbs

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 23, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Bad Romance

The melodramatic writings of Qiong Yao have inspired a whole slew of slushy satire

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 19, 2019

STREET TALK

Slap Bash

The memes that punish those who break their word

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 6, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Performance Anxiety

Get through the ordeal of work evaluations with this handy language lesson

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Dec. 25, 2018

STREET TALK

Spirits of the Age

Having a big personality on the internet may get you labeled a “spirit”

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧) & Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 23, 2018

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

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Dec. 21, 2018

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