I recently started watching a new Chinese drama called 親愛的翻譯官Les Interprète. It is a drama about French language interpreters. It stars 楊冪 (Yang Mi) and 黃軒 (Huang xuan).
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Google Translate’s Brilliant Chinese Handwriting Tool
If you want a way to handwrite Chinese Characters by using a website and drawing them with your mouse, I believe that Google Translate’s Chinese handwriting tool is the best. The reasons are numerous why you might want to use such a tool. If you encounter a new character that you have never seen before, …
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Chinese Restaurants In Greater China
This is part 5 of my series of articles on Chinese restaurants around the world. This article contains pictures of Chinese restaurants in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan that I have taken. A discussion about the culture of Chinese food will also be included.
Chinese Restaurants In The US
This is part 4 of my series of articles on Chinese restaurants around the world. This article contains pictures of Chinese restaurants in America that I have taken. In addition, I will discuss about fortune cookies, which you can find in nearly every Chinese restaurant in the US.
Chinese Restaurants In Australia
[lastupdated] This is part 3 of my series of articles on Chinese restaurants around the world. This article contains pictures of Chinese restaurants in cities in Australia that I have taken. In addition, I will briefly discuss about the current economic relationship between Australia and China, and about Chinese people in Australia and Chinese culture …
Chinese Restaurants In Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore
This is part 2 of my series of articles on Chinese restaurants around the world. This article contains pictures of Chinese restaurants in Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore that I have taken. The topic of Chinese restaurants in Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore is quite an interesting one, and this article will discuss this in depth.
Chinese Restaurants In Europe
This is part 1 of my series of articles on Chinese restaurants around the world. This article contains pictures of Chinese restaurants and food in Europe that I have taken. The topic of Chinese restaurants in Europe is quite an interesting one, and this article will discuss this in depth.
Fun With Tones In Chinese
[lastupdated] Mandarin Chinese allows you to have lots of fun with tones due to how many homophones there are. This posts comes because of an experience I had about 3 years ago in China. One day, I was giving my students a lecture at the college I was working at, about transportation and traveling in …
A Review of Memrise For Learning Chinese
[lastupdated] Today, I had the opportunity to test out memrise.com. Overall, I really enjoyed the experience. I only had time to try out some of the beginner lessons, but I was extremely impressed.
Apps That Can Evaluate Your Chinese Pronunciation
[lastupdated] I recently came across some great smartphone apps that can evaluate your Chinese pronunciation quality. Pronunciation is absolutely crucial in Mandarin, especially because it is a tonal language. But without a teacher or native Mandarin Chinese speaker, it is hard to know if you are pronouncing words correctly. This article talks about the best …
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