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LANGUAGE

Fangyan Friday: Wherefore ‘Er’ Thou?

A guide to the tricky sound that defines Beijing

Jessily Crispyn

Sept. 20, 2019

STREET TALK

Cattle Class

Livestock of the world, unite!—behind this new meme for overwork

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 13, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Lunar Language

Mid-Autumn sayings about the moon

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 11, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #10: Sing-song Shanghaiese

A melodious and hybrid dialect shaped by a city’s storied past

Tina Xu (徐盈盈)

Sept. 6, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Doo-wop of Dewdrops

Brief and wondrous idioms about dew

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 4, 2019

STREET TALK

A Numbers Game

Decoding Chinese “internet numeral language”

Aug. 29, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Sexist Sayings

Ancient idioms were not kind to females

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 28, 2019

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

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