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Talk Your Way Through a Chinese Wedding
Celebration of love or social obligation? Learn the language of Chinese weddings, from invitations to the ceremony itself
Speaking Ill: How Ancient Chinese Talked About Sickness
From denoting various levels of illness to the “Gods of Plague,” 疒 is a radical you need to know in sickness or health
Wrap Your Mouth Around These Chinese Tongue Twisters
Learn the history of Chinese tongue twisters, which were taught to aid speech therapy and spread folk wisdom in the past
How the Xinhua Dictionary Defined the Way China Thinks and Talks
From encyclopedia to political pamphlet to standard classroom reading: 70 years in the history of China’s bestselling dictionary
Choice Chengyu: In Praise of Youth (Mostly)
Discover popular sayings about youth through these Chinese idioms and proverbs to use when (mostly) praising the younger generation.
How to live a happy life according to Chinese idioms
Chinese idioms that teach us how to be happy
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