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Forget Chinglish, Here's Raclish
(Pics) Feb 11th, 2010 Read more Let's Get Radical #1
Understanding Chinese radicals is a very important part of learning chinese characters. Radicals give you a huge clue as to the meaning of a character. I'll attempt to ease your pain of learning by showing the most common here.
Aug 16th, 2009 Read more Chinese Characters - Some Interesting Facts
Among Chinese characters there are two characters which have only one stroke, they are “一”(one ) and “乙”(the second of the ten Celestial Stems)，the most complicated simplified character has 36 strokes, it is “齉”nàng (snuffling).
Jul 10th, 2009 Read more Very Risque Poster in Beidaihe
I consider this poster of which I snapped a photo to be a great find. Not only is is rather risque but the Chinese slang tagged on the end is interesting, too.
(Pics) May 30th, 2009 Read more What's In A Name
I've said it before and I'll say it again, you should not attempt to translate proper nouns from Chinese into English. For starters (excuse the pun), you'll never know what it is you ordered..
Mar 6th, 2009 Read more Mandarin Chinese for Beer
Beer, Wine and 'delicious food' are the fundamentals of China and certainly the foundation to good relationships with those you are visiting, meeting or working with. This is the famed Guanxi which will make or break your relationship with Chinese people.
Oct 30th, 2008 Read more Interesting Chinese Characters with Dual Meanings
Maybe it's just the way my warped mind works or perhaps it's simply a coincidence. It's possible that the English language has stolen many words from the Chinese -they did take 'typhoon'- or that they stole from English and that, in truth, the Chinese language isn't really thousands of years old. Nevertheless...
Sep 24th, 2008 Read more I Want To Improve My Chinese 'Writing' & Reading
You've arrived and you've started to use the little Mandarin that you've picked up either from a book or from the street. What next? It isn't always easy to go out and get yourself involved in a group of locals to practise. There is a great alternative, QQ!
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