Would like to share with you a very interesting infographic “The Hardest Languages to Learn”. According to this infographic, Spanish, Italian and French are easy to learn; Russian, Hindi and Greek and medium to lean; and Chinese is among the top 4 most difficult languages to learn! There are many factors determining how hard a […]
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Chinese proverb 路遥知马力，日久见人心 lù yáo zhī mǎ lì, rì jiǔ jiàn rén xīn As distance tests a horse’s strength, so does time reveal a person’s real character.
Happy Birthday Song must be one of the most sung songs in the world. It exists in various languages too. It is always a good idea to teach children this song because they can impress others at birthday parties by simply singing this to the birthday child. For children, this song is extremely easy to
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Little Stars, haven’t you learned the English song? How about its Chinese version? You can get the lyrics of this song and other 11 Chinese children’s songs by clicking below. CHINESE CHILDREN’S SONGS LYRICS
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This week I will start this “Learn Chinese Children’s Song” series. I am going to list some really nice but simple songs which most kids can learn in a 45-minute lesson. I will try to find video or audio files so to make the learning even more interesting. You can get the lyrics of this
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This is an amazing animation of Chinese ink. Have a look at how a drop of ink takes the shape of fish, eagle, horses… chinese ink from deepblue on Vimeo.
As we all know, songs are great for language learning. When we select Chinese songs for the purpose of Chinese learning, we need to consider some factors such as simple lyrics, easy melody, and the language used. The song – Lemon Tree 柠檬树 – meets all the criteria we look for. Let’s listen to the
Following the successful A Bite of China Season 1, the first episode of Bite of China 2 was launched on April 18, 2014. 1. Heart Transmit The first episode, as the title suggests, focuses on homemade local food which not only accompanies people on the road, but also becomes the taste which remains on the
Have you played the game 2048? If not, give it a try. It is such a simple but totally entertaining app which has become the new hit after the app Flappy Bird. The game was recently released (in March I believe) and it has quickly climbed up the popularity charts. The game is super easy,
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It is quite touching to see the duck Mom protecting her babies, swimming together. Let’s listen to the following song and enjoy the beautiful moment between Mom and Child.
There is a beautiful lake in the city of Hangzhou, its name is West Lake. Lots of love stories have taken place in this romantic place. Among all of them, the most famous one is a story between Xuxian, a scholar and a white snake who took the shape of a pretty woman. Here is
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Another Monday morning. How about something fun? Let’s talk a bit about food in China. Recently I came across a fantastic website of Henry Hargreaves’. Henry is a photographer who is much into food and therefore has taken lots of really interesting photos with food as the theme! What strikes me the most is the
Amy from Hutong School sent me their newly made video “Chinese Tones”. I watched it and found it a real good introduction to Chinese Tones. Chinese tones were introduced clearly. I believe it is definitely worth spreading. It is one of the 4 part series of “Chinese is Easy”. The other 3 will cover Chinese
What are the top languages spoken in today’s world? Such a question requires an answer. Here you can find an infographic which tells everything you want to know. Let’s have a general look together: surprisingly, 6900 languages are spoken around the world daily. However, 3/7 of the 7 billion population speak one of the 10
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Chinese zodiac animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. The Chinese characters somehow show how the animals look like. Have a look at this video and have a guess what characters represent the animals!
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How can we live a life without books?! Books are mentioned in lots of proverbs, in all languages. Here I would like to list some in Chinese. 好书如挚友 hǎo shū rú zhì yǒu A good book is a good friend. 一本好书，相伴一生 yī běn hǎo shū, xiāng bàn yī shēng A good book is the best
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Today is 大年三十(New Year’s Eve). In China, it is the most important and cheerful day. Like Christmas in western countries, the reunion dinner has significant meaning to Chinese people since all family members will get together. In addition to family reunion dinner, people stay up all night to celebrate the arrival of new year. After
As Chinese new year, in another word, Spring festival, is around the corner, have you already felt a bit of festive atmosphere? If yes, perfect; if no, have a look at this video and see Chinese people prepare for the arrival of new year and how they celebrate it! If you are interested to find
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The Chinese new year of Horse will fall in two-week time, that is, Jan. 31. It will last till lasts to Feb. 18, 2015. Horse is well loved by children. To celebrate this particular year, in addition to the other traditional craft activities, I would like to share with you some of ideas I came
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This song has many versions in many languages. The Chinese version has different lyrics, telling a funny story that 2 tigers run fast. One of them has no ears and the other no tail. How strange, how strange, the song sings. It is an easy song for children to learn. Since it exists in other
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