Tea, 茶（chá), is traditional Chinese drink. Since its introduction to the west, it has become one of the favorite drinks. For this reason, it has been used in several proverbs which are interesting to learn. Here I want to list several and their corresponding Chinese proverbs.
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Not for all the tea in China
给多少钱都不干
gěi duō [...]
“Go out” in Chinese is 出去（chū qù). “Come in” in Chinese is 进来（jìn lái). This online reading material features these two useful phrases. Some other expressions we can learn are:
- 让…出去/让…进来 (ràng… chū qù / ràng… jìn lái)
let … out /let …in
- 想出去/ 想进来 (xiǎng chū qù / xiǎng jìn lái)
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Nora, the middle child in her family, has her little problem - her little brother and big sister take up all the attention from her parents. What shall she do to gain the attention again? Yes, by making noise, lots of noise. It is a really well written and illustrated picture book.
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Jasmin flowers are well beloved flowers in China. It is not only the look of the flowers but also their fragrance thrill Chinese people. There is a famous folk song in China with the title of “Jasmin Flowers”. Here I would love to introduce the song. The singer is Zuying Song who [...]
A naughty gorilla steals the keys from the sleeping zoo keeper. It frees all the animals from their cages and follows, together with others, the zoo keeper to his house and spends one night in his house. A very simple book with only a few different words, the vivid pictures tell the story. The [...]
It is a book from Leo Lionni. A lovely book featuring 3 frogs who claim things theirs. According to Trev Jones, School Library Journal , “Although there’s not as much depth as in Frederick (1966) or as much whimsy as in Alexander. . . (1969, both Pantheon), this is still a fine choice for spring [...]
Today I want to continue with our picture books in Chinese exploration. Today’s book is “Happy Birthday, Moon” (月亮生日快乐) by Frank Asch. When a bear finds out that the moon shares same birthday as his, he bought the moon a hat as a gift. This is a book which will bring you a feeling of [...]
Easter is near. Egg hunting is of course the highlight of the day. So here is the lovely book of “The Most Wonderful Egg in the World” (最奇妙的蛋) by Helme Heine.
The story is about three hens. They all have something really beautiful: one had the most beautiful feathers, one had the most beautiful legs [...]
猪(zhū), pig, is the last animal in the Chinese zodiac cycle. In Chinese zodiac, pigs are believed to be sincere, noble, tolerant an pure. People born in Pig years (1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) are caring, careful, loyal and giving. They are in general lucky and a bit lazy.
Here let’s have a look at [...]
I was excited to have found the animated version of Swimmy （小黑鱼） in Chinese! Swimmy, one of the famous picture books by Leo Lionni, tells a story of a little black fish uses his creativity to help a school of frightened fish to form a group to outsmart other big fish in the occean. A [...]
