Advanced Chinese learning

这些姓你肯定都不认识 You don’t know any of these surnames surely

In Chinese there are some surnames not very known, and some of them can be easily mistaken as other similar characters. Do you want to know these surnames?

In Chinese there are some surnames that are not very known, and some of them can be easily mistaken as other similar characters. Do you want to know how to pronounce these surnames? Continue reading “这些姓你肯定都不认识 You don’t know any of these surnames surely”

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆

“种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆/種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。As you sow, so shall you reap,”

List of occupations 职业名称列表

accountant: 会计

actor: 男演员

actress: 女演员

airline representative: 地勤人员

anchor: 新闻主播

announcer: 广播员

architect: 建筑师

Do you like your present job? What is your dream job? Is your dream job on the following list of occupations? Continue reading “List of occupations 职业名称列表”

Sometimes you want to express a meaning in Chinese: verb + back and forth/to and fro/here and there/about, e.g. fly back and forth, move back and forth, walk here and there, etc. You can say literally 飞回来飞回去，移回来移回去，走到这里和那里, etc, but there is a formula of ~来~去 you can use to express the same meaning, making your sentence more idiomatic. Continue reading “Formula of ~来~去”