12 Chinese idioms related to the tiger 12 Chinese idioms related to the tiger With the arrival of the Year of the Tiger 2022, here are 12 set phrases (chengyu) related to the tiger, so that those who are getting familiar with the Chinese language can practice one each...
The magic of Chinese characters Caractères chinois – le livre Ce livre est consacré à révéler à l’étudiant occidental le «mystère» des caractères chinois, rendre leur apprentissage simple, fournir les clés pour entrevoir le sens et la prononciation des...
The magic of Chinese characters A sample of the first three pages of the English translation of my book on Chinese characters 人 rén – person, human being • adult • each. This is a pictogram of a person standing, with legs separated. Person > kind of person >...
The magic of Chinese characters The magic of Chinese characters The written word, the Chinese characters, have had from their very origin, a magical meaning for the Chinese. There is no doubt that for them a character is not only a symbol of the concept it claims to...
Chinese idioms Chinese idioms One of the most difficult aspects of Chinese is to learn is the so-called idioms or chengyu (成语). In general, they refer to short sentences composed of four characters that allude to some historical fact or literary anecdote from ancient...
The character chai 拆- dismantle The character chai 拆- dismantle One of the most frequent characters in the urban scenery of the China of the development and the transformation is chai 拆- dismantle. Any walk through the old neighborhoods of most Chinese cities...
