Cracking the Wisdom of Chinese Idioms
Here are two facts about Chinese idioms: there are lots and lots of them, and for the most part they are not particularly useful. I’ve been a student of Mandarin…
Chinese Measure Words (Part 7): Time, Units of Measure
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 6): Speech & Writing, Machines & Vehicles
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 5): Pairs, Groups, Collections
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 4): Foods, Household Items, Clothing
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 3): Events, Buildings & Structures
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 2): Size & Shape, Wrapped Items
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
Chinese Measure Words (Part 1): People, Animals, Plants
Introduction & Full List Part 1: People, Animals, Plants Part 2: Size & Shape, Wrapped Items Part 3: Events, Buildings & Structures Part 4: Foods, Household Items, Clothing Part 5: …
For the Love of Characters! Introducing the Block-Headed Hula Girl and Other Useful Silliness
Chinese characters are beautiful, but there are just so damned many of them. And only very few are true pictographs that actually look like the thing they represent. 人 (rén) is…