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...
Chinese Grammar “又……又……”
Posted under Chinese Grammar on Monday, 19 April 2010 by Pippo
这家饭店的菜又好吃又便宜。(zhè jiā fàn diàn de cài yòu hǎo chī yòu piǎn yī.)In Chinese, one uses "又……又……" to link coordinate verbs (verbal phrases) or adjectives (adjectival phrases) to underline that two situations or characteristics exist...
Jacky Cheung – Kiss Good-bye
Posted under Chinese Song on Sunday, 18 April 2010 by Pippo
[audio:http://www.echineselanguagelearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/wb.mp3]Pinyin of Chinese song "吻别" lyricwěn bié吻别qián chén wǎng shì chéng yún yān xiāo sàn zài bǐ cǐ yǎn qián前尘往事成云烟消散在彼此眼前jiù lián shuō guò le...
