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Impressions of West Lake


West Lake is a famous lake in Hangzhou, China. It is famous not only for its picturesque landscape, but also for its association with many scholars, heroes in Chinese history. The love stories which took place in this beautiful place makes West Lake a romantic attraction too. Among all the [...]

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Amazing Chinese, Chinese songs, Cities in China | No Comments

A Short Story Made of Words of One Chinese Sound

There is one short story made of words that used only one Chinese sound, shi (sounds like ’sure’). It was written by Zhao Yuanren, a linguist in Chinese, the author of “A Grammar of Spoken Chinese”. This short story is composed of 91 words and all of the words are of the same sound “Shi”(yes). [...]

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October 4th, 2007 | Posted in Amazing Chinese, General | No Comments