Mandarin Essentials

Answer to Quiz Time! Which One Is Made for the Lantern Festival?

Answer: 1. C

Analysis:
Dialogue:

Míng Ming: Xiǎo Xīn, zhège shì shénme? 明明:小新,这个是什么? Ming Ming: Xiao Xin, what’s this?

Xiǎo Xīn: Zhège shì (tāngyuán), yě jiàozuò yuánxiāo, shì yuánxiāo jié de chuántǒng shíwù o. 小新:这个是(汤圆),也叫做元宵,是元宵节的传统食物哦。 Xiao Xin: It’s (Tangyuan), also called Yuanxiao, which is a …

Quiz Time! Which One Is Made for the Lantern Festival?

1. Please choose the best answer to make the dialogue complete.

Míng Ming: Xiǎo Xīn, zhège shì shénme? 明明:小新,这个是什么?

Xiǎo Xīn: Zhège shì (   ), yě jiàozuò yuánxiāo, shì yuánxiāo jié de chuántǒng shíwù o. 小新:这个是(   ),也叫做元宵,是元宵节的传统食物哦。

中国元宵节 (ZhōngGuó YuánXiāo Jié) The Chinese Lantern Festival

Answer to the Story Where Buddha Deals in Office Management

Answer: 1. C

Analysis:

Wǒmen yào bǎochí lèguān de tàidù. 我们要保持乐观的态度。 We should keep an optimistic attitude.

Wǒmen yào yánjǐn de duìdài gōngzuò. 我们要严谨地对待工作。 We should take our work very seriously.

Wǒmen yào chōngfēn fāhuī gèzì de chángchù, cáinéng gèng hǎo de shíxiàn hézuò gòngyíng. …

Answer to Which Is the Most Ideal Face on Earth? A Square Face Or an Oval Face?

Answer: 1. D Analysis:

A. 蛇精脸 (Shé jīng liǎn) V-shaped face

B. 巴掌脸 (Bāzhǎng liǎn) palm-sized face

C. 扑克脸 (Pūkè liǎn) poker face

D. 明星脸 (Míngxīng liǎn) dead ringer

Dialogue: Xiǎo Xīn: Dàjiā dōu shuō wǒ zhǎng de xiàng Bèi Kè Hàn Mǔ ne. 小新:大家都说我长得像贝克汉姆呢。 …

Did She Earn Love? Take This Chinese Quiz to Find out Now!

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1. Read the dialogue and answer the question below:

Xiǎo Hóng: Māma, kuài kàn wǒ de shìjuàn… 小红:妈妈,快看我的试卷…

Mom: Hāha, kànlái nǐ kǎo de búcuò. Mom: 哈哈,看来你考得不错。

Xiǎo Hóng: Zěnmeyàng? 小红:怎么样?

Mom: Wèishénme bèi kòu le yì fēn! Mom: 为什么被扣了一分!…

Answer to From Folklore to Reality! How Chang’e Became Modern History!

Answers: 1. D 2. B

Analysis:

Xiǎo Míng: Zhòng bàng xiāoxi! Zhòng bàng xiāoxi! 小明:重磅消息!重磅消息! Xiao Ming: Big news! Big news!

Xiǎo Hóng: Zěnmele? 小红:怎么了? Xiao Hong: what’s wrong?

Xiǎo Míng: Cháng’é sì hào chénggōng dēnglù yuèqiú la! 小明:嫦娥四号成功登陆月球啦。 Xiao Ming: The Chang’e 4 lunar …

Answer to Why Is the Chinese Tradition Upside Down? It’s a Good Omen

Answer: 1. C

Analysis:

祝福 (Zhùfú) n./v. blessing/bless

福利 (Fúlì) n. welfare

幸福 (Xìngfú) adj./ n. happy, happiness

Kàndào háizi chī bǎo hòu, māma lòuchū l (xìngfú) de xiàoróng. 看到孩子吃饱后,妈妈露出了(幸福)的笑容。 The mother smiled (happily) when she saw the baby full.

For this sentence, it just …

Video Lesson: That’s Chinese Kungfu

Do you know Chinese Kungfu?

Exercises in the Video:

1. A: Wánɡ Yīnɡ, nǐ bà shēntǐ zhēn hǎo! Tā yídìng jīngcháng zuò yùndòng ba? A: 王英,你爸身体真好!他一定经常做运动吧? B: Shì a! Tā zuìjìn kāishǐ liàn qìɡōnɡ le. B: 是啊!他最近开始练气功了。 Which fitness program did Wang Ying’s father start …

Answer to How Do You Compliment an Artist’s Work? Simply Use This Idiom!

Answer: 1. C

Analysis:

Wénzhāng zuìhòu yí duàn shífēn jīngcǎi, zài wén zhōng qǐ dào le huàlóngdiǎnjīng de zuòyòng. 文章最后一段十分精彩,在文中起到了画龙点睛的作用。 The last paragraph of the article is very wonderful, so much so that it serves as the article’s finishing touch.

As we learned, the meaning …

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