我的歌声里 – Wǒ de gēshēng lǐ ‘You Exist in My Song’ – by Qu Wanting If you’ve liked us on Facebook you are no doubt aware of our recent Chinese song lyric translation videos. Especially the ‘You Exist in My Song’ video. Over the last month or so we’ve been taking some...
All Chinese people dream and work hard just to buy a house, preferably without a mortgage. However, soaring housing prices in China continue to turn those dreams into nightmares. Here are some quick facts about housing prices in Beijing and Shanghai. Housing prices in...
Author Thomas M. A foreign student who’s lived in China for 3 years During the 2016 Olympics, Michael Phelps was spotted with some brownish circular marks on his back. Chinese people and those who have been to China would know right away what those are – cupping...
吃 (chī): to eat, 土 (tǔ): earth, mud. When we refer to someone as as having to 吃土 (chī tǔ) in Chinese, we’re saying that they’re so poor that they can only “eat earth”.
搞 (gǎo): to create, to meddle 事情 (shì qíng): things, matters We say someone is trying to 搞事情 (gǎo shì qíng) when they’re causing unnecessary trouble or creating chaos.
