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The taboos of chopsticks culture (4)
Chopsticks are round at one end and square at...
Weekly Word: woman; female – 女 nǚ
Last week we learned how to say “man 男(nán)” in...
The Inkstone – the king of Four Treasures of the study
The inkstone, was considered by ancient Chinese...
Weekly Word: man; male – 男 nán
Many times when filling out a form, you need to...
The taboos of chopsticks culture(3)
Chopsticks seem simple, just like two sticks....
Word of the Week: Burn – 焚 fén
If you have already learned some Chinese, maybe...
Too stingy to pull out a hair
During the Warring States period, there was a...
Word of the Week: Snake/Serpent– 蛇 shé
The sixth of the Chinese zodiac is 蛇–...
Longevity noodles
The Chinese expression《相书》xiangshu, literally...
Chinese Gift giving Culture-Taboos (3)
Florals have played a role throughout human...
Word of the Week: flood – 淼miǎo.
Three 木(mù, tree) is 森(sēn, forest); three...
Chinese Gift giving Culture-Taboos(2)
In the previous article, we learned that the...