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Back to school
It’s really excited but really nervous to be back to the university again. There are lots things happened recently. Hope I will have a successful semester and get through all the difficulties.
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Response to EC&I 814
About Arts-Based Methodology In Dr. Paul Hart’ class about research methodology yesterday, I just encountered the comparatively new arts-based methodology and was wondering how to transcribe visual data for further analyzing. When I started to read the assigned paper of … Continue reading
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[Chinese Language] Chinese phonetic alphabet
I have planed a long time about how to organize this post. Chinese phonetic alpfabet is not that complicate, but there are a lot of contents. However, due to the convient online materials, I find some interesting well-done and funny … Continue reading
[Culture] The newest BBC documentaries about Chinese New Year
These several days in my Chinese social media, I was informed by BBC’s new produced documentaries about Chinese New Year, and everyone of my Chinese friend appreciated them. Because this time BBC doesn’t speak bad words about China (hahah), and … Continue reading
[Culture] Spring Festival/ Chinese New Year and Monkey King
The Chinese New year / the Spring Festival comes. According to Chinese Lunar Calindar, the new years eve is Feburary 7th this year, and Feburary 8th is the first day of new year. It’s a time to say goodbye to … Continue reading
[Culture] Courtesy
Courtesy, or etiquette, or manners, or rite. I’m not sure whether they are good translations. But usually we use those words to explain “礼” （lǐ）. “礼” （lǐ）is what Confusious advocated and provoked. Confucious (孔子 kǒng zǐ), （551BC-479BC）, is the most … Continue reading
[Language] The rule of Chinese Characters (3)-sound & meaning together
We have mentioned “日” means the sun. So look at those two characters, what’s the similarity? 暖 晒 They all have “日” with it. So there meanings will relate to the sun. 暖，means warm. 晒，means bask, dry in the sun, … Continue reading
[Language] The rule of Chinese Characters (2)-Indication
At the very beginning, I’d like to remind you that please don’t worry about how to write the characters and what the pronunciations of the characters. That’s not what we deal now. You just to have a general idea is enough. … Continue reading
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[Language]A general idea when you start to learn Chinese——Chinese character is the center
After seriously thinking, I’d like to begin my Chinese language and culture blog with this post. First, I want to say that a lot of people find Chinese very difficult. But I’d like you to trust me that Chinese is … Continue reading
English translations of 100 Chinese proverbs! Magic!
1.爱屋及乌：Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不日一见：One look is worth a thousand words. Seeing is believing. 3.比上不足，比下有余： to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst 4.笨鸟先飞：A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不遗余力：spare no effort; go … Continue reading
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