Learning Mandarin Article: Learn Chinese culture about giving present

Learn Chinese culture about giving present

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Prologue：Hello everyone, welcome to join Chinese cast to learn Chinese. I’m a Chinese teacher Lily from link eChineseLearning offers online, one-on-one, live Chinese lessons! You can have a free trial lesson at:www.echineselearning.com! Enjoy your Chinese lesson with our best Chinese teacher!
Christmas is coming; have you prepared your Christmas gifts? If you are in china, you should know some special things when you give present to your Chinese friends. Ok. Listen to this dialogue.
F：圣诞节我要去男朋友的家里，拜见他的父母。
Sheng4 dan4 jie2 wo3 yao4 qu4 nan2 peng2 you de jia1li, bai4 jian4 ta1 de fu4 mu3.
C：你准备了什么礼物？
Ni3 zhun3 bei4 le shen2 me li3 wu4?
F：我买了一个非常漂亮的钟。
Wo3 mai3 le yi2 ge fei1chang2 piao4 liang4 de zhong1.
C：这个礼物不合适，在汉语里， “送终”的意思是为临死的人送行。
Zhe4 ge li3 wu4 bu4 he2 shi4, zai4 han4 yu3 li3, “song4 zhong1”de yi4 si shi4 wei4 lin2 si3 de ren2 song4 xing2.
F：原来是这样，谢谢你告诉我，否则我就犯错了。你能再陪我去逛街买礼物吗？
Yuan2 lai2 shi4 zhe4 yang4, xie4 xie4 ni3 gao4 su wo3, fou3 ze2 wo3 jiu4 fan4 cuo4 le. Ni3 neng2 zai4 pei2 wo3 qu4 guang4 jie1 mai3 li3 wu4 ma1?
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Translation：
F: I will go to my boyfriend’s home to meet his parents on the Christmas day.
C: What have you got for the presents?
F：I bought a beautiful clock.
C：It’s really a bad idea, in Chinese, “song4zhong1” means say goodbye to the dying people.
F: I see, thank you for telling me, otherwise I would make a terrible mistake. Could you go with me to buy another gift again?
E.g.：1. 恋人之间也不喜欢送“伞”，因为 “伞”-“散”同音。
You can not give umbrella as presents to your boyfriend/girlfriend, because umbrella “san3” has the same pronunciation with “san4” which means “break up”.
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A Beautiful and Romantic Legend

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A Beautiful and Romantic Legend

There are many stories as to the origins of ; Seventh Eve，and one of them involves the Cowherd and Weaver Maid who will meet on a bridge of magpies across the Milky Way once a year. It is a beautiful and touching legend which is most widely spreaded among Chinese people.

Long time ago, there was a poor and young farmer，known as the cowherd. His parents died early and he lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. He was mistreated by them, who eventually gave him an old ox and a small cottage and chased him out. From then on, he lived in the cottage with...

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Chinese Valentine's Days

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Chinese Valentine's Days
The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar (August according to the Gregorian calendar)，which falls on the 26th of August this year, is a traditional Chinese festival called “The Seventh Eve” or " Double Seventh Day". It is a traditional festival,full of romance and important to ancient ladies. Many people consider the Double Seventh Day as the Chinese Valentine's Day.
A well-known poem
One of the most famous poems about the legend was written by Qin Guan of in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Fairy Of The Magpie Bridge

Among the beautiful clouds,
Over the heavenly river,
Crosses the weaving maiden.

A night of rendezvous,Across the autumn sky.
Surpasses joy on earth.

Moments of tender love and dream,
So sad to leave the magpie bridge.
Eternal love between us two,
Shall withstand the time apart

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It is easier to learn Chinese Mandarin than you think

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Chinese Lesson __《Lúnyǔ- Xué Ér》

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子曰："学而时习之，不亦悦乎？有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？
In Present-Day Chinese
孔子说："学到了（知识）并且适时去实习，不也很高兴吗？有志同道合的人从远方来，不也很快乐吗？别人不了解自己，（自己）却不抱怨，不也是个（有德的）君子吗？"
In English
The Master said, "To learn and in due course apply what you have learnt, isn't that also a pleasure? To have a friend coming from far away, isn't that also a delight? Not to...

Chinese New Year

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E-reading pen: an interactive tool to learn Chinese

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One day, when I searched online for Chinese/bilingual books with CD/VCD/DVD, I run into a video showing a Chinese little boy using a specially designed electronic pointer pen to touch pages in a colorful children’s picture book.

When the electronic pointer pen touches the pages,...

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Chinese Valentine's Day customs

posted by edisonmandarin

In ancient China, The Seventh Eve was not only a special day for lovers, but also for single girls. As early as the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), people start to celebrate the Seventh Eve in China.
On double seventh day couples go to matchmaker temples to pray for everlasting love and marriage. Young ladies would frequent the temple in the hope of finding satisfactory husbands. In addition, unmarried girls would hold other activities to celebrate it in their courtyard. Actually, What was behind their celebration was their desire for becoming skilled crafts women like the Weaving Maid. They aspired...