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二百五 (èrbǎiwǔ): n. a careless or silly person In Chinese, especially between friends, one often calls another “二百五 (èrbǎiwǔ),” or says that someone is “二百加五十 (èrbǎi jiā wǔshí) two hundred plus fifty.” What does this expression mean? Let’s read this small story to learn more about it.…
丑八怪 (chǒubāguài): n. an extremely ugly person/someone whose conduct is not good
In class, the teacher told the students that “丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)” refers to extremely ugly people. A confused student asked the teacher, “Why don’t we use the number 9? Why can’t we say “丑九怪 (chǒujiǔguài)?”…
On Mid-autumn Day, we often receive many Mid-autumn greetings from friends, colleagues or relatives. In today’s free Chinese lesson online, let’s learn some Chinese greetings for Mid-autumn Festival.
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月亮 (yuèliang) n. moon
实现 (shíxiàn) v. to come true
Yuàn nǐ měi yì tiān dōu xiàng shíwǔ de yuèliang yíyàng chénggōng yuánmǎn.…
It is a Chinese custom to go visit the family relatives when a Chinese new year comes. They visit to close relatives in the first day of a year or in the first two or three days. As for those distant relatives visits are welcome in any day of the first fifteen days.…
On the Chinese New Year’s Eve or anytime during the spring festival holidays, the aged would give Chinese kids money, known as lucky money, which is put in small, red packets called Hongbao in Chinese language with Hong for red the color and Bao for packet.…
Chinese New Year 2009 falls on January 26, 2009 when Chinese twelve-year circle will roll into the year of ox. In Chinese language, ox is pronounced as Niu. Niu, as an animal in general, was playing the role of dragging a plough in field before the invention of modern industrialized farm tools in Chinese history.…
