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Sayings about years and the passage of time

By Hatty Liu January 1, 2021

IDIOMS

Shattering sayings on explosion and destruction

By Hatty Liu November 5, 2020

IDIOMS

Dramatic figures of speech born from Peking Opera

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧) October 23, 2019

LANGUAGE, CHINESE CHARACTERS

Illness is often seen as a disease of disorder in the Chinese language, requiring firm “treatment”

By Huang Weijia June 24, 2018

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