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04/04/2017

清明 （qīng míng）The Qingming Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day is time for memorizing the deceased and visit the cemetery.
青团 （qīng tuán）The Green Rice Balls are a traditional food in southern China dating back to the Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago. Made of rice flour and wormwood juice, qingtuan are usually stuffed with red bean paste. It's a tradition to eat qingtuan during the Qingming Festival.
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05/01/2017

Today is the 8th day of the 12th (also the last) month of a lunar year. Chinese celebrate Laba Festival (腊八节) on this day. Here is the origin of this festival.
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Today is the 8th day of the 12th (also the last) month of a lunar year. Chinese celebrate Laba Festival (腊八节) on this day. Here is the origin of this

20/12/2016

D**g Zhi, the “arrival of winter”or winter solstice, is an important festival in China. Discover the reason why Chinese celebrate it and then enjoy the mouthwatering video.
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D**g Zhi, the “arrival of winter”or winter solstice, is an important festival in China. According to the traditional Chinese lun

14/12/2016

Asking Questions in Mandarin, TWO instructions you MUST follow. (Part I)
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Instruction One Asking normal yes or no questions and “how about” questions , you only need to add the question words at the end of your s

09/12/2016

Chinglish is funny. Though it can be helpful sometimes. Take a look at some up-to-date Chinglish phrases and enjoy the interesting interview video.
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Chinglish is funny. But it's also useful, expecially when you try to understand what is "好久不见(long time no see)". And when your Chinese frie

01/12/2016

Enjoy this fun video of Chinese dialects and get to know more in our blog post. Explpore Chinese culture with EAST Languge Center.
http://www.eastlanguage.com/single-post/2016/12/01/How-many-Chinese-Dialects-can-you-recognize

When you think about the Chinese language, do you only think about Mandarin Chinese or Cantonese? In fact, there are many more than those two languages and dial

22/11/2016

Learn Trendy Mandarin Phrase with EAST Language Center!
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For the important thing， people will repeat three times. Nowadays, everyone is busy and in hurry. People always forget things. This phrase is more use

15/11/2016

Learn Trendy Mandarin Words with EAST Language Center!

Kào pǔr  靠   谱儿       Reliable; Trustworthy. Kào pǔr  is applied to people, ideas or information. And it may be relied on or trusted based on accuracy, honesty

09/11/2016

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07/11/2016

Interesting video about the Single's Day. Hahaha!
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双十一 shuāng shí yī Double 11
光棍节 guāng gùn jié the Singles’ Festival
购物节 gòu wù jié Shopping Festival
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Here comes the trendy phrase:
买买买！ mǎi mǎi mǎi (It is a buzzphrase often used to encourage consumerism and impulse buying.)

We explore the origins and meanings behind China's newest festival, Single's Day, commonly known as Double 11, thanks to the genius of a certain entrepreneur.

01/11/2016

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你万圣节玩儿得怎么样？
nǐ wàn shèng jié wán er de zěn me yàng？ How is your Halloween？
万圣节 wàn shèng jié n. Halloween
化妆 huà zhuāng v. to put make up on (somebody)
南瓜 nán guā n. pumpkin
鬼 guǐ n. ghost
奥利奥 àolìào n. Oreo

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30/10/2016

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Weekly Feed - Expats’ Myth in China #2
11.11 is coming! Get ready for the shopping madness online in China.
In recent years, 11.11 stands for nothing but the CRAZY online shopping festival. But why? Why on 11.11? Why do poeple rush to shop online year after year?