Do you think the following explanation is passable? 你觉得下面的解释过得去吗？ Continue reading “All about 过得去”
Category: Usage
Many of the Chinese words are multi-meaning words, that is to say, many Chinese words have more than one meaning. Studying all the usages of these words is a prerequisite for the advanced learning of Chinese.
Meanings of 花心
“花心” literally means “centre of a flower”, but it is mostly used with the meaning of “unfaithful, fickle.”
100 most frequently used Chinese characters
Among the tens of thousands of characters, there are some that are most frequently used. Which are they? Continue reading “100 most frequently used Chinese characters”
Why “闹”元宵?
To learn 闹, it’s better to know the meaning of 市 first. You can see 闹 is composed of 门 door and 市 market. A market is a noisy place, so the original meaning of 闹 was noisy, which is very well expressed by the phrase, 闹市 noisy market.
In Chinese, many adjectives can be turned into verbs which have meanings related to these adjectives, e.g. 闹. The meaning of 闹 is extended from noisy to noisy-related verbs such as make a noise 吵闹, celebrate 闹元宵, suffer from 闹水灾, etc.
