Most people do not have the patience to wait a few seconds for the elevator doors to shut, so they push the ‘close’ button to speed up the process. 大多数人没有等待电梯自动关闭的耐心（虽然这个过程只有几秒钟），所以他们按“关门”键来加快关门速度。 Continue reading “被骗好多年：电梯关门按键根本没用！”
Author: Decode Mandarin Chinese
The use of 来着 as an auxiliary word of tense
来着 is used as an auxiliary word of tense at the end of a sentence indicating a completed action. In this case, 着 is pronounced in the neutral tone zhe. Continue reading “The use of 来着 as an auxiliary word of tense”
Suffix 家 and its formula
Chinese suffixes are very productive to make new words. If it were not for them, we would have to learn many new characters. The suffix 家 is one of them. Continue reading “Suffix 家 and its formula”
那些年老师的经典名句，今天很想再听一次
那些年，体育老师总是在“生病”；你所在的班级总是全楼层最吵；提问时默默埋头，还是被老师点名……课堂上那些让你不耐烦的唠叨，如今却成了深切的感激和怀念。老师们的经典名句，你的老师最爱说哪句？ Continue reading “那些年老师的经典名句，今天很想再听一次”
当爱情走到尽头，古人是如何优雅地描写失恋的呢?
古時，人們失戀時，是如何優雅地地描寫呢？ Continue reading “当爱情走到尽头，古人是如何优雅地描写失恋的呢?”