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All Mandarin Garden Pages (75)

One Chinese Sentence Everyday(46)

Mandarin Garden. Better Chinese, Better Life. 把话放这儿。 Bǎ huà fàng zhèr. (An expression indicating that somebody’s some behaviors will definitely lead to unsatisfactory results) 用法说明这个短句… View »

Chinese Culture Introduction(13) Chinese calligraphy continue. Mandarin Garden

Mandarin Garden. Language & Culture. Different Styles of Chinese Calligraphy Chinese calligraphy in history had its particular forms and styles, among which there are Zhuanshu (seal… View »

One Chinese Sentence Everyday（45）

Mandarin Garden. Better Chinese, Better Life. 换句话说。 Huàn jù huà shuō. In other words. 用法说明这个短句常作为插入语放在句首或句中，指换一种方式来进一步解释别 phrase is often used as a parenthesis, which appears at the be… View »

Chinese Culture Introduction(12) Chinese calligraphy continue. Mandarin Garden

Mandarin Garden. Language & Culture. Tools for Writing As for the writing tools, we mainly have 4 pieces of basic instruments; they are Writing Brush, Chinese ink, Paper, and… View »

One Chinese Sentence Everyday(44)

Mandarin Garden. Better Chinese, Better Life. 到时候再说。 Dào shíhou zài shuō. Let’s not talk about it until it actually comes. 用法说明这个短句表示暂时不考虑某件事情，等这件事情真正发生时再考虑。 sentence means not to thi… View »

Mandarin Garden. 9 Centers in China

Mandarin Garden Language & Culture School was established in 2004, our mission is to promote Mandarin and Chinese culture abroad, and to assist students and expatriates transitioning into co… View »

Chinese Culture Introduction(10) Chinese calligraphy. Mandarin Garden

Mandarin Garden. Language & Culture. As the art of writing Chinese characters, Chinese calligraphy, or shufa, is one of the highest forms of Chinese art, serving the purpose of conveying t… View »

One Chinese Sentence Everyday（43）

Mandarin Garden. Better Chinese, Better Life. 你是你，我是我。 Nǐ shì nǐ, wǒ shì wǒ. You are not me./We are strangers. 用法说明这句话常用来强调自己和对方立场完全不同，常在跟别人有分，表示双方的立场和意见的不一致。 This sentence is to say… View »

One Chinese Sentence Everyday（42）

Mandarin Garden. Better Chinese, Better Life. 鬼知道。 Guǐ zhīdào. God knows. 用法说明这句话的意思是:没有人知道或者没有人能说得清楚事情会怎么样或者 sentence means that nobody knows the reason or can tell how the thing will… View »

Chinese Culture Introduction(10) Tea. continue. Mandarin Garden

Mandarin Garden. Language & Culture. Top Ten Teas 中国十大名茶 China is a country with a large production of tea. There are more than a thousand kinds of distinct teas in China. The top ten best and m… View »