Archive for September, 2008

Fruit: Another printable ebook

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Chinese Reading Printable: Fruit - Upload a Document to Scribd
Continuing from the previous ebook, here is another one. It will help kids know how to say the most common fruits in Chinese. If you print it in black […]

Chinese quote 4

真正幸福的是使人幸福的人
zhēn  zhèng  xìng  fú  de shì  shǐ  rén  xìng  fú  de rén
He is truly happy who makes others happy.

Fish: the 1st ebook for leveled reading at Chinese4kids.net

As the kids in the Chinese club understand more Chinese, I have been thinking of introducing reading into the curriculum. I have searched for Chinese leveled reading books, but was not happy with them. So, I decided to create the reading books. Here I would like to introduce the first book I created. The title […]

“Letter to the Future” on the Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games dropped the closing curtain today. The closing ceremony, as great as the opening ceremony, featured the theme of “Future”. As you can see from the picture, the fireworks formed the characters “未来(weì lái)” - FUTURE.
Yes, from the painting which unfolded the ancient culture of China to the letter to the future, […]

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

photo credit: ZhangYining
For Chinese, today is a special day. It is so called Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month of the Chinese calendar (Aug. 15), which is usually mid or late September of the Solar calendar.
Why Aug. 15? Because the moon is the […]

Dancing Song: 跳舞歌

Chinese quote 3

察其友知其人.
chá qí yǒu zhī qí rén.
A man is known by the company he keeps.