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CHINESE CHARACTERS • DIALECTS • IDIOMS • • STREET TALK

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 癌

The history of language around cancer

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 4, 2021

LANGUAGE

Choice Chengyu: Speaking of Home

Idioms about homesickness before the Chinese New Year

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Jan. 27, 2021

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 抱

Embrace the history of this clingy character

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 21, 2021

SOCIAL CHINESE

Game On!

A play-by-play of sports commentary in Chinese

Jan. 16, 2021

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 帽

A character that wears many hats

Jan. 15, 2021

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Idioms for a New Year

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

Jan. 1, 2021

STREET TALK

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

STREET TALK

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

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