Different ways to offend and be offended in Chinese – 骂 (Mà)
There are many different ways to have a go at somebody, be offended or describe how angry you are in Chinese....
There are many different ways to have a go at somebody, be offended or describe how angry you are in Chinese....
I heard a speech recently that compared two poems, one in English by Shelley, one in Chinese by Liu Chenweng, to...
Getting things done in China can be difficult. Someone in China once told me: "If you can get on in China,...
The meaning of a simple word, water, in Chinese culture is complicated. Drawing on poems, idioms and China's philosophers, there are...
The word for 'choose' in Chinese is 选择 (xuǎn zé). The traditional character for zé is 擇, and the bits that...
To have an opinion in China is serious stuff. There are at least 10 different ways to say the word, 'opinion'....
In many ways China is like a parallel universe. It's a huge country which is impossible to describe simply, or in...
Answer: not much! One of the most useful phrases to help get out of any sticky situation in China is the...
If you get things done in China, you are not just a "do-er", you are a "take action-ist" (行动派 - xíng...
One of my favourite Chinese idioms is "Riding a Tiger and trying not to fall off" (骑虎难下 - Qí hǔ nán...