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Buddy Talk

A guide to internet slang for friendships, real and fake

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 24, 2018

STREET TALK

Character Actors

Some of the most infamous Chinese TV character clichés, as defined by netizens

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 21, 2018

LANGUAGE

Chinese Pandian’s Words of 2017

The hottest keywords of the year, according to netizens and the government

Julia Zhou

Dec. 28, 2017

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 闲

Start the holidays with the Chinese character for leisure

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)

Dec. 23, 2017

STREET TALK

For Shame!

Awkwardness for daily Chinese conversations

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Dec. 12, 2017

LANGUAGE

Let’s talk about sex

Sex-related phrases have all kinds of connotations—make sure you’re aware of them before using them

Ethan Yun

Nov. 28, 2017

ARTS

Chinese Movie Translations: Winter 2017

The best and worst translations of foreign films hitting cinemas in recent times

Ethan Yun

Nov. 20, 2017

LANGUAGE

Digitizing the Oroqen

A researcher tries to preserve one of China’s dying minority languages online

Byron R. Hauck

Nov. 19, 2017

ARTS

Chinese Nicknames for Celebs, Part 3

Continuing our series on localized monikers for Western stars

Ethan Yun

Nov. 15, 2017

LANGUAGE

Grease is the word

What makes a “greasy” man?

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Nov. 9, 2017

LANGUAGE

Character Assassination

For mainland fans of Traditional Chinese, character reforms are no joking matter

Hatty Liu

Nov. 7, 2017

SOCIAL CHINESE

Big Words

How to understand “officialese”

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Nov. 3, 2017

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