Awww. This is lovely! I have been looking around for songs that might help a person learn Chinese, and this one was written by a Chinese teacher and is performed by him and his students at a Chinese language immersion camp. Check it out! The full story is here. I bet I could learn this…
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Lan Lan was so drunk that she was sick in the taxi on the way home.
There is simply no end to the homework. 1 Chinese point.
They are happy because they eat lard.
That’s it, I can’t do any more Chinese homework tonight. 1 Chinese point.
Write about how someone in your family has changed.
I am staying in on a Saturday night, doing my homework. Part of this week’s Chinese homework is to write a couple of sentences on a given topic. Last week the topic was weather and I wrote a very boring story about snow. So let’s try to liven things up this week. The set topic…
Dà gē shì Lǎowài Style.
A lǎowài is a foreigner and ‘dà gē’ literally translated means ‘big brother’ but perhaps more colloquially reads as ‘this guy’. Jesse Appell: Laowai Style (2012) Photo by Pawel Janiak on Unsplash
Dawei’s Girlfriend
Chinese school is brutal at the moment. So much homework. I’ve been working all evening and I’ve still got loads more to do. I am writing a story in Chinese about the insufferable Ma Dawei and his ambitions to get a larger flat so that his new girlfriend can visit more often. After that, there…
Thirty Chinese Characters
It’s okay, it’s not compulsory to read this post. I just need somewhere to record the 30 characters that my laoshi expects me to be able to read and write by now. 1 Chinese point for doing homework.
Have you eaten?
I’m claiming three Chinese points for one class plus two homework sessions, one of which was a huge amount of study this evening. I’m only stopping now because I’m too tired to go on. Here’s some evidence of what I’ve been doing: Photo by Sharon Chen on Unsplash Nǐ chī le ma? Have you eaten? Hěn…
Annoying customers who say ni hao.
Something cool happened on Thursday. I was in town, near Leicester Square tube station, so I thought of going to Chinatown which is just nearby to buy some Chinese magazines and newspapers, to help my reading. I walked around quite a bit and then eventually found a tiny Chinese newspaper shop. I went in and…
Chinese table
My dining table is under there somewhere.
The Hanyu You Want 