Tag: Chinese culture
This comprehensive review explores nine apps designed to enhance Chinese reading skills for learners at various proficiency levels. The Chairman’s Bao and Du Chinese, which are well-known for their extensive libraries and graded materials, face competition from newer apps like Dot Languages and mylingua, introducing AI features.
You want to improve your Mandarin skills? For some of the greatest online resources for Chinese you don’t have to look far: they can be found on YouTube. But where to start? This is my updated top 10 of YouTube channels for learning Chinese.
Rural China is the raw reality most Chinese people come from. Here are 10 film recommendations about the Chinese countryside, including some real classics.
A Chinese county level official in his prime. The Mainland Chinese documentary “书记” introduces Guo Yongchang, secretary of the Gushi County Party Committee, who “rules” over 1.6 million people in Southern Henan. The film covers the three months before secretary Guo leaves his post and ends up in prison.
Chinese learners are often told 成语 (chéngyǔ), the four-character idioms, are essential to reach native-like fluency. What are these idioms exactly and how important are they?
Interview: I talked to the co-founder of Keats Chinese language School Zier Liu (刘子尔) and asked her why students keep returning every year and how Keats adepts to the present Covid-situation.
Are you considering to learn Chinese? What speaks in favor, what speaks against learning one of the most difficult languages in the world? This is what the Mandarin learning community has to say about it.
What better place to learn Chinese than China: here are 10 things you can do to make the most of your learning experience in China.
“The little chickens will grow to be ducks, the ducks will become geese, and the geese will become oxen, and tomorrow will be better”.
Should you still learn Chinese? My own answer hasn’t really changed, how about yours?
Where do you find Chinese audiobooks that are interesting, high quality and not hidden behind a paywall?
You’re at intermediate level and want to improve your listening skills?
What helps you to memorize Chinese characters?
Some love this song, some absolutely hate it. Mainly because the singer Zhao Lei sings about “leftover…
Learning to write Chinese characters: my personal list of disastrous advice and practices that are a complete waste of time and oxygen.
Looking for something to explain the rich meaning of the Chinese expression 差不多 I came across this…
Today the father of Chinese rock, Cui Jian, turns 59! His song Nothing to my name is…
These mostly older Mainland Chinese movies I’ve come to like and recommend to anyone interested in China.
花房姑娘 (1989) 我独自走过你身旁并没有话要对你讲我不敢抬头看着你的噢……脸庞 你问我要去向何方我指着大海的方向你的惊奇像是给我噢……赞扬 你问我要去向何方我指着大海的方向你问我要去向何方我指着大海的方向 你带我走进你的花房我无法逃脱花的迷香我不知不觉忘记了噢……方向 你说我世上最坚强我说你世上最善良我不知不觉已和花儿噢……一样 你说我世上最坚强我说你世上最善良你说我世上最坚强我说你世上最善良 你要我留在这地方你要我和它们一样我看着你默默地说噢……不能这样 我想要回到老地方我想要走在老路上只是我再也离不开你噢……姑娘 我就要回到老地方我就要走在老路上你明知我已离不开你噢……姑娘 我就要回到老地方我就要回到老地方我就要走在老路上我就要走在老路上我明知我已离不开你噢……姑娘 我就要回到老地方我就要回到老地方我就要走在老路上我就要走在老路上我明知我已离不开你我明知我已离不开你噢……姑娘 我就要回到老地方我就要回到老地方我就要走在老路上我就要走在老路上我明知我已离不开我明知我已离不开你噢……姑娘
For one month I digitally teamed up with like-minded spirits for a Mandarin learning challenge. This is what I learned.