I haven’t posted in a while, because life has been super-hectic. Like I’ve been promising for a while, I have several posts in the works that I hope to bring to you soon-ish. To tide you over for now, I thought I’d try and write a post about something that I mentioned to a student the other day – how to sound ‘cutesy’ in Chinese.
分类存档：Phrases
Fun: Ambiguity
I love the ambiguity in this picture. It’s from the cover of a book called ‘the unhelpful travel guide’. There’s lots of ambiguity about where to draw the word-breaks, making the sentence possibly mean several different things (hence the title itself is ALSO unhelpful!).
Phrases: Whistful Words
Hey all. For various reasons I’m feeling a bit wistful today, so I thought it might be good to channel some of this feeling into showing you some words and phrases in the Chinese language that really have a sense of 诗意 (literally ‘poetic feeling’) and/or 画面感 (literally ‘the feeling of a scene’). Here’s some of my faves:
Phrase: 千里之行 始于足下
‘a journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step’
42 Ways to Say Goodbye
How many ways do you know how to say ‘goodbye’ in Chinese? Chances are you probably only know 再见 and maybe 拜拜~. Let’s spice up your Chinese with some other ways to bid someone farewell:
中文秘诀 | The Secret of Chinese 