Foreigners using Chinese names is a custom dating back to the Tang Dynasty. We do it for the same reasons some Chinese use English names overseas -- they’re easier for...
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What a company calls itself can make or break it within its native Chinese speaking target market. Find out here if your company is maximizing its potential.
Some of us come from Fragrant Blue or Strong Fruit. Maybe you’ve traveled to Meaningful Big Advantage and can’t wait to visit Ink West Brother. Not sure where you’re from?…
The character biáng requires 62 total strokes to write and contains a 馬 horse, 月 moon,刂 knife and 心 heart plus other radicals. Biáng doesn’t exist in Modern Standard Mandarin which…
CS wishes you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! 情人节快乐! Qíng rén jié kuài lè! Here are two Chinese phrases for your next romantic interlude. Why not give them a go?
Why do things the hard way if you don’t need to? Learning a language is not a “one size fits all” endeavor.
According to the Beijing Chinese Character Study Bureau, there are exactly 91,251 Chinese characters in use today, from which one could derive an almost infinite number of words and expressions....
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The Chinese language is ripe with delicious ambiguities. One of the most debatable of all is the word miàn zi 面子 meaning “face” or dignity or reputation, but such definitions somehow…
