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The language and ancient culture of China includes not just the world's most enormous country but spreads across various countries of Asia - and increasingly, well beyond. Here we explore all aspects of that culture.

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Chinese Opera: Compelling, Fascinating - but Definitely an Acquired Taste

Hung Chung Chih When I first witnessed a performance of Peking opera (the best-known form of Chinese opera, with Peking by the way being the traditional English spelling of Beijing) years ago in Beijing’s ornate, early-19th-century Huguang Guild Hall, I admit I was mesmerized by the gestalt of this elaborate art form. Unlike Western opera, it’s even more stylized, with exaggerated gestures, vocalisations, and heavily symbolic costume and makeup (and in some cases obviously extremely fakey…

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Using Chinese astrology for travel guidance

  RootOfAllLight Lunar New Year 2024 has just ended, landing us in the year of the Dragon, and it got me to thinking: there´s quite a bit out there on where/how to travel according to Western star signs, aligning destinations with your astrological characteristics, but you don´t hear much of anything on the subject when it comes to Chinese astrology. As someone who´s studied Chinese and Sinic culture, I looked into it a bit, and here´s what I came up with, with a couple of destination…

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How they celebrate New Year's in China

  You might wonder why this is even a question. But in fact, the Chinese-speaking world has its own big Lunar New Year celebration (in 2021, it's 12 February), and so while much of the rest of the planet makes a big deal out of New Year's Eve tonight, for many of the nearly 1½ billion inhabitants of this vast country, it simply isn't all that much of a thing. There are of course exceptions, and that's what I'm here to talk about. read post

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  • 大家好 :) 還可以 馬馬虎虎 如果我在邁阿密 那就好了 :-) 我的中文名字是羅仕翔
    我想推薦一個網站 可以練習中文對話 http://www.chineseteachers.com/
    是一個工作上認識的朋友設立的網站 可以試試看 :) 我會不會寫太多中文了?!
  • 欢迎 Scott! 怎么样?你中文名字怎么写?
  • Xie xie, Bernie! Consider it added.
  • By the way, http://www.nciku.com/ has a handy online Chinese-English dictionary, permitting input by typing or handwriting (using your mouse). It's not the best dictionary I've ever seen, but it's not bad at all, and because it's online, it's very convenient.
  • Of course, that makes sense! I had the meaning right, but was thinking too literally. Obviously "add oil" means "work harder," "grease the wheels," etc. 谢谢你,柯老师!
  • It's a common exhortation to work harder. Often (but not only) used with regard to academic or athletic endeavors; for example, audiences regularly shout "XX 加油!", XX being the name of their favorite athlete or team.
  • "加油!" "Add oil?" Hmm, my Chinese must be rustier than I thought!
  • 沒關係, 像我的德文一樣! 語言就是這樣,多年累積的基礎一閑置不用就不見了!
    不過,只要多接觸一下就很容易恢復. 加油!
  • Hey, not to scare anybody off who wants to write in English or ask questions...... feel free, we're open to all here at the Chinese Language Corner!
  • 因为我的电脑现在只有那个那个那个非常难看的簡體字,就是了!希望快要改变了!对不起啊,小人常常没有机会联系中文,所以越来越不好!
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