The Chinese new year is based on both the lunar and solar movement. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days a month. However, in order to be compatible with solar movement, Chinese calendar has one additional month every several years. It is similar to adding one extra day in leap year in solar calendar. This [...]
This is my favorite song, after many years, it is still my favorite song. “Olive Tree”, a tree which usually grows in a distant country, interprets the desire to explore the world, although the journey can be lonely and painful. However, the dream of searching for the olive tree is strong enough for any toughness. [...]
“Chinese is not hard, really. ” after the lesson, a child commented. Yes, indeed, Chinese, especially Spoken Mandarin, is not very difficult. Look, based on the numbers, we can conjugate weekdays(星期 xīng qī ), month（月 yuè ) and year(年 nián ).
Now when we talk about yesterday, today and tomorrow, they all share one word 天（tiān ), which [...]
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I found a series of very interesting pictures describing the difference between Chinese and German culture. The pictures are from hellishhumor.com . Here I take some examples to share with you.
note: the blue side is German, red side Chinese.
1. Opinions (Meinung / 意见
So, Germans are direct when expressing their opinions while Chinese tend to take [...]
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汉字（hàn zì ), Chinese characters, are of thousands of years history. It is interesting, esp. for children, to find out the origin of them since they have changed over the years. Here is a video showing the evolution of some common Chinese characters.
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