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IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: All in a Day’s Work

Idioms about working, workers, and the overworked

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

May 1, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Thanks for all the idioms

Phrases for remembering and repaying debts of gratitude

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 24, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Rain Speaking

Stormy sayings in celebration of spring

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 17, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Oh Brother!

Though modern policies created a generation of only children, sibling relationships were highly valued in ancient China

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 10, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Rat’s Your Lot

In Chinese, any term with the character “鼠 (rat)” usually has a derogatory meaning.

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 4, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

How To Spot Fake News

A surprisingly simple guide to filtering rumors from reality

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

April 2, 2019

IDIOMS

Imperial Chengyu

The emperor that started China’s western exploration was also the inspiration for many proverbs

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

March 29, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday # 6: Wild Geese of Hengyang

Quirky adjectives and sayings from a city known for migratory birds

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

March 15, 2019

STREET TALK

Up in the Air

Out of touch with the common people? You may be inflated

Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 27, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 根

The character that gets back to basics

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 17, 2019

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #5: Rise with Nanchang

A melodious dialect from the city of heroes and food

Hatty Liu

Feb. 15, 2019

SOCIAL CHINESE

Gala Palaver

How to decode CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Feb. 4, 2019

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