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The emperor that started China’s western exploration was also the inspiration for many proverbs
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Fangyan Friday # 6: Wild Geese of Hengyang
Quirky adjectives and sayings from a city known for migratory birds
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Pig Mouth
China may have fallen in love with Peppa, but the pig still has a sorry reputation in idioms and proverbs
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Bad Romance
The melodramatic writings of Qiong Yao have inspired a whole slew of slushy satire
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Performance Anxiety
Get through the ordeal of work evaluations with this handy language lesson
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Spirits of the Age
Having a big personality on the internet may get you labeled a “spirit”
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2018: The Year in Words
Reform anniversary, trade war and some slang words covered by TWOC won the Chinese word-of-the-year contest
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