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IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Idioms for a New Year

Learn these essential Chinese “chengyu” to ponder about the passage of time

Jan. 1, 2021

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2020 in Words

The characters, words, and phrases that defined a rollercoaster year

Dec. 16, 2020

STREET TALK

The Walking Dead

Why young Chinese describe themselves as “socially dead”

Dec. 10, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Gimme Idioms

Generous idioms about giving gifts and favors

Dec. 2, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Blind Love

How to navigate China’s blind date scene

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Nov. 28, 2020

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Cynical Soup for Real Life

Cynical sayings of depressed Chinese youths

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Nov. 12, 2020

SOCIAL CHINESE

Techno Babble

The incomprehensible jargon of Chinese internet firms

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Nov. 8, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Idioms That Go Boom

Shattering sayings on explosion and destruction

Nov. 5, 2020

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 救

Send in this character to the rescue

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Aaron Hsueh

Nov. 1, 2020

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Frozen in Time

Slang for the has-beens of the internet

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Oct. 24, 2020

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Cursing in Ancient Times

Creative zingers and put-downs from Chinese history

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Oct. 16, 2020

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Spoken from the Heart

Idioms about the heart

Yang Tingting (杨婷婷)

Sept. 29, 2020

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