Public signs are everywhere in our life. It’s necessary for us to know the basic public signs in Chinese and English. Continue reading “100 public signs in Chinese and English”
Category: Expressions
So difficult to choose between two equally important things
手心手背都是肉, literally “both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh”, is used to mean that someone feels so difficult to choose between two things or persons that are equally important or valuable. Check out how to use it. Continue reading “So difficult to choose between two equally important things”
Frequently used polite expressions in Chinese II
Chinese polite expressions
Chinese expressions in polite form
笑纳 惠存 惠顾
关照 高见 奉还
赏光 惠书 寒舍
Frequently used polite expressions in Chinese I
Chinese polite expressions
Chinese expressions in polite form
请坐 奉陪 再见
失陪 留步 平安
幸会 恭候 烦请
Metonymy in Chinese
Metonymy 借代 is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by a metonym, the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept. Continue reading “Metonymy in Chinese”