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“Old habits die hard” — Phrase of the Week

8 December 2023 Business 0 Comments 4 min

What built one of China’s biggest asset managers no longer works Our Phrase of the Week is: Old habits die hard...

Andrew Methven

“The iron rice bowl” — Phrase of the Week

2 December 2023 Business 0 Comments 3 min

Civil service careers are hot again. Our Phrase of the Week is: the iron rice bowl (铁饭碗 tiě fànwǎn). The context...

Andrew Methven

“We will not be silenced” — Phrase of the Week

25 November 2023 Society 0 Comments 3 min

A young couple fights to be heard. Our Phrase of the Week is: We will not be silenced (给我一个胶带 gěi wǒ...

Andrew Methven

‘Capture cities and seize territory” — Phrase of the Week

18 November 2023 Uncategorised 0 Comments 3 min

Fierce battles in China's Double 11 shopping festival Our Phrase of the Week is: Capture cities and seize territory (攻城略地 gōngchéng...

Andrew Methven

‘All Memes Day” — Phrase of the Week

11 November 2023 Uncategorised 0 Comments 3 min

A Halloween celebration with Chinese characteristics Our Phrase of the Week is: All Memes Day (万梗节 wàngěngjié). The context Young people...

Andrew Methven

The Two Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Spoken Chinese Forever

13 February 2022 Tips and tricks 2 Comments 2 min

You’re busy so I’ll keep this quick. The following six tips will help you improve your spoken Chinese forever. 1. Lower...

Andrew Methven

10 North-Eastern Chinese dialect words you should know

22 October 2021 Culture Slang Social Media 0 Comments 2 min

What's an easy way to make your Chinese sound more authentic and current...? ....Drop a few regional dialect slang words into...

Andrew Methven

How (not) to inflate your social status in Chinese – 抬咖 (Tái kā)

29 March 2021 Business Slang Social Media 0 Comments 2 min

The Chinese character - 咖 (kā) - is confusing. Depending on where it turns up, it can mean 'coffee', 'curry' or...

Andrew Methven

AI and China’s ‘stealing faces’ – 偷脸 (Tōu liǎn)

29 March 2021 Business Social Media 0 Comments 3 min

This week China celebrated World Consumer Day with its ‘3.15 Gala’ (3.15晚会) broadcast on CCTV. Some of the dodgy deals called...

Andrew Methven

Different ways to say: I’m not buying this – 不吃这一套 (bù chī zhè yī tào)

29 March 2021 Business Slang 1 Comment < 1 min

Patriotic products quoting Yang Jiechi and Wang Yi from the US-Alaska summit last week are now being sold by plucky entrepreneurs...

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