Planning to go with “the bomb” and “the hand grenade”? You might want to consider a more appropriate item to put a smile on the face of your modern host.
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Do you know the difference between Western and Chinese Valentine’s Day? Feeling pressure to drop cash on another romantic holiday so soon after the last one?
Some of our linguistically inclined Cantonese friends wouldn't let us publish China Simplified: Language Empowerment without including this beloved Cantonese tongue twister. The Cantonese recording (courtesy of George Lau) and...
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In our new ASK China Simplified series, we set out to answer some of the many cultural questions that pop up in our daily conversations.
This week we spoke with the multitalented Brantley Turner, Dwight Schools Director of Programs China and Foreign Vice-Principal at Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School, a collaboration between a Chinese Public...
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Alessandro Duina, co-founder of Prodygia spoke recently with author Stewart Lee Beck about the need for more balanced and relevant Chinese culture content and the genesis of China Simplified.
Xiēhòuyǔ 歇后语 is a two-part enigmatic folk simile, that starts off with a basic statement and finishes with a twist. They are humorous and witty sayings from a variety of sources: Chinese mythologies, superstitions,…
How do our China Simplified multicultural team members work together without strangling each other? Today we’d like to share our multi-app approach to capturing and learning new vocabulary across platforms….
There are many versions of the story about the festival’s traditional origins, food and customs. We’ll share three short stories with you, just in time for the holiday weekend! The...
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Almost 20% of our planet is Chinese, yet many of the other 80% have little understanding about them. That’s what prompted us to create China Simplified: Language Empowerment, a book…
