Do Not Study Chinese Grammar Rules
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 by Pippo
Now I know, this is a tough rule for some people. Because, most of your life, learning Chinese, you have been told to learn grammar rules. In middle school, In high school, In university, In language school, everywhere in the world; grammar, grammar, grammar. So, my first question to you is: Did...
Hot words are coming!
Posted under Uncategory on Friday, 9 December 2011 by Pippo
血拼族 xuè pīn zú mall rats; the young who loiter about shopping malls 夜店族yè diàn zú people who enjoy pub crawls, that is, drinking at a number of pubs in a single night 富二代fù èr dài the second-generation rich or silver-spoon generation; the...
Liu Bang and Xiang Yu
Posted under Chinese History and Chinese Environment on Sunday, 23 May 2010 by Pippo
It’s said that both Liu Bang and Xiang Yu had been deeply struck by the grand sight of First Emperor out on an inspection tour. “This is the way a man should live,”admired Liu Bang. “I can replace him,”was how Xiang Yu expreeed his embition. Liu Bang’s words reveal him as a man of deep...
A book signing
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo
Address
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Sunday, 2 May 2010 by Pippo
How young are you?
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Qǐng wèn nín duōdà niánjì le?Li Lei请问您多大年纪了？Excuse me, but could I ask you how old you are?Wǒ jīnnián bāshíjiǔ le.Old man我今年八十九了。I'm turning 89 this...
Traffic accident
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Kàn, zhuàngchē le. zěnme bàn?Alice看，撞车了。怎么办？Look, there's an accident. What should we do?Bàojǐng!Tom报警！Call the police！Hǎo de, bùguò hàomǎ...
A plane Crash
Posted under Chinese Conversation on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Zuótiān yǒu jià fēijī chūshìle.Chen Hong昨天有架飞机出事了。A plane crashed yesterday.Shì ma? zài nǎr?Kate是吗？在哪儿？Zài Dàlián fùjìnde hǎiyù zhuìhuǐle.Chen...
Chinese Environment
Posted under Chinese History and Chinese Environment on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
Sometimes people describe China's landscape as being like a staircase with three steps.The top step of this staircase is in the west, where the Himalaya mountains are (India is on the other side of these mountains). Tibet is in this part of China. And Mount Everest is here (it's the...
Chinese Grammar “一……就……”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
天气一热，我就想游泳。(tian qi yi re, wo jiu xiang you yong.)In the construction "一 + Situation 1, 就 + Situation 2", Situation 1 is the condition, whereas Situation 2 is what results directly from it.E.g:
我一喝冰水，就肚子疼。“一” and "就" are both...
