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CHINESE CHARACTERS • DIALECTS • IDIOMS • • STREET TALK

SOCIAL CHINESE

Artistic Pretensions

How to talk about art like a critic

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Aug. 25, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Sharp Words

Incisive idioms about one of humankind’s oldest tools

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 21, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Phantom Phrases

Spooky and spectral sayings about ghosts

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 14, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #9: Elegant Shaoxing

Even insults can sound refined in the dialect of this gentle Zhejiang city

Aug. 9, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Maxims on Melons

Saying about a refreshing summer fruit (and ancient love token)

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 7, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Friendly Remarks

Sayings about friendship old and new—and broken

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 31, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Fire Away

Literal and figurative phrases about fire

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 25, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 闹

Live a little with this noisy character

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 21, 2019

LANGUAGE

Choice Chengyu: Chess Talk

Chess-inspired idioms for strategizing and winning

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 17, 2019

LANGUAGE

Choice Chengyu: Chess Talk

Chess-inspired idioms for strategizing and winning

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 17, 2019

STREET TALK

Roll with It

Jargon for anything you love or hate

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 13, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Fast Phrases

Sayings that go by like a flash

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 10, 2019

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