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23/01/2020

Happy Chinese New Year 春节快乐 (chūnjié kuàilè) From All of Us at EasyMandarin!

Welcome to the Year of The Rat 🐀 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) 🎉

Red envelope - 红包 (hóngbāo)
Nike - 耐克 (nàikè)
Rat year - 鼠年 (shǔ nián)

17/01/2020

The Art of The Deal!!! 🖋️

Trade War - 贸易战（màoyì zhàn）
Trade Agreement - 贸易协议（màoyì xiéyì）
Trump - 川普 (chuān pǔ)

Details of what China is giving, and getting, out of the initial trade deal signed on Wednesday.

10/01/2020

Elon Musk Gets Down As Tesla Starts Delivering Made in China Model 3s🕺

Tesla - 特斯拉 (tè sī lā)
Elon Musk - 埃隆·马斯克 (Āi lóng·mǎ sīkè)
Electric car - 电动汽车（diàndòng qìchē）
Gigafactory - 超级工厂 (chāojí gōngchǎng)

03/01/2020

Shanghai Welcomes New Year With Spectacular Drone Light Show 😮

Drone - 无人机 (wúrénjī)
Fireworks - 烟花 （yānhuā）
Technology - 技术 (jìshù)

Shanghai traded traditional fireworks for drones this New Year's Eve. The devices were programmed to create giant spheres, show the countdown and make a figure of a man run across the sky.

31/12/2019

元旦快乐！（yuán dàn kuài lè!） 新年快乐！（xīn nián kuài lè!）Happy New Year from all of us at EasyMandarin! 🍾🥂🎉

We're looking forward to an exciting 2020 - the Year of the Rat 🐀!

24/12/2019

Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐！(shèngdàn kuàilè) 🎅 🎄 🎁

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20/12/2019

Hopefully this goes well 👨‍🔬 💥 ☢️

Sun - 太阳 (tàiyáng)
Energy - 能源 (néngyuán)
Nuclear Fusion - 核聚变 (hé jùbiàn)

It is hoped the nuclear fusion device will help scientists overcome a key problem in harnessing plasma inside tokamaks.

18/12/2019

EasyMandarin Students Get a Taste of Chinese Tea Culture! 🍵

Tea - 茶 (chá)
Culture - 文化 (wénhuà)
Meditation - 冥想 (Míngxiǎng)
Tea Ceremony - 茶道 (chádào)

13/12/2019

Kid Coding is China's Latest Craze 💻

Computer - 电脑 (diànnǎo)
Code - 编码 (biānmǎ)
Application - 应用 (yìngyòng)
Programming - 编程序 (biān chéngxù)

Bilibili is known for its anime offerings and user-generated content around other subcultures, but one kid on the platform has found a niche teaching coding

06/12/2019

Well done 👏 🤓

Student - 学生 (xuéshēng)
School - 学校 (xuéxiào)
Nerd - 书呆子 (shūdāizi)
Genuis - 天才 (tiāncái)

economics China’s Schoolchildren Are Now the Smartest in the World By William Horobin 1:40 China’s Schoolchildren Are Now the Smartest in the World By William Horobin , OECD: China's Students Are The Smartest LISTEN TO ARTICLE 1:40 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Tweet Post Email Explore what’s movin...

29/11/2019

Chinese Astronomers Make HUGE Discovery 🌌🔭

Black hole - 黑洞 (hēidòng)
Star - 星 (xīng)
Space - 宇宙 (yǔzhòu)
Galaxy - 星系 (xīngxì)

Scientists from National Astronomical Observatory of China say find has 70 times the mass of the sun, even though physics says that is impossible.

22/11/2019

Walmart Making Big Moves in China Despite Trade War 🏪

Walmart - 沃尔玛 (wò'ērmǎ)
Supermarket - 超市（chāoshì）
Trade War - 贸易战 (màoyì zhàn)

Walmart is doubling down in China despite an economic slowdown.