When learning new words it’s often good to compare them to other similar words in order to extract the subtle meanings of each and the ways in which they can be used. As your Chinese improves, using the right word … Continue reading
Here’s an extremely useful, yet extremely easy saying to understand. This is perfect for when you want to emphasise that something is impossible by comparing it to something that is easier, yet equally impossible. It is exactly the same as … Continue reading
The following is a guest post by reader Dave Vallance, ‘Software QM by day, Chinese student, amateur musician and closet Baileys drinker by night.‘ As good as the food in Asia can be, there are just those times when you … Continue reading
Here is a fun slang saying in Chinese that is the equivalent of the English saying ‘on your bike’, which means ‘get out of here’, or ‘no chance’. Don’t worry, the image is a crash test dummy from this Youtube … Continue reading
Bargaining is standard practice in a lot of Chinese and Taiwanese markets so it’s a skill you’ll have to learn if you are to visit these places (check out our post on Haggling in Chinese for some useful phrases). When … Continue reading
Google+ has been out for a month or so now and is quickly gaining in popularity, recent reports have said that the new social network has already surpassed 20 million users. Google+ has to compete with Facebook, a social network … Continue reading
Continuing our look at the 12 stage Burnout Cycle here is stage 3, “Neglecting their needs” in which the person headed for burnout neglects everything expect work. Image from Flickr Stage 3 – Neglecting their needs Their schedules leave no … Continue reading
When you think of the word ‘kung fu’ in Chinese you’d be forgiven for thinking of Bruce Lee, Jacky Chan, and depending on your age, Kung Fu Panda. Though, in actual fact, this word has many more uses than simply … Continue reading
Some Chinese gamers (I say Chinese as the subs were in Simplified Chinese) have created a music video for Counter Strike CS that parodies a famous song by Hong Kong singer 陳奕迅. The song, Ten Years (十年 shí nián）is a … Continue reading
I hope you haven’t burnt yourself out learning Chinese since the first part of this series! Here is the second stage of The Burnout Cycle translated into Chinese, this time looking at meeting your own high expectations by taking on … Continue reading
