Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Food Words in Chinese 飲食詞彙饮食词汇 yǐnshí cíhuì Quick food culture detour before the vocab: in China, what’s on your plate depends on where you’re from. South of the Yangtze, it’s rice with basically everything. Head north, and it’s all about wheat — dumplings, noodles, steamed buns, the works. And here’s a…
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Chinese Words for Life at home
Chinese Vocabulary · 中文詞彙中文词汇 Chinese Words for Life at Home 居家生活詞彙居家生活词汇 jūjiā shēnghuó cíhuì Quick birthday etiquette lesson before we get into the vocab: in Taiwan, you never, ever celebrate a birthday late. Early is totally fine — throw the party a week ahead if you want — but celebrating after the actual date is…
橄欖樹 The Olive Tree
Song 橄欖樹橄榄树 The Olive Tree Lyrics — San Mao · Composition & Arrangement — Li Tai-hsiang The olive tree became a symbol of adventure and searching for meaning — at the time, olive trees were something exotic and distant to audiences in Taiwan and China, so the tree stood for the pull toward the unknown…