吃是本能，吃什么和怎么吃则是文化。法国菜享誉世界，海明威说：“巴黎是不散的筵席”；在意大利人看来，一顿晚餐远比一首好诗价值更高；孙中山说中国菜是中国文化的象征。 在中国，南方人吃米，北方人吃面；南方人吃甜的，北方人吃咸的。中国的饺子闻名天下，做起来也不甚复杂，先擀面皮和（huò）馅儿，然后包成元宝形，再像企鹅下海一样把它们赶下锅，直到这些“元宝”浮上水面，把它们捞在盘子里，就可以吃了。刚出锅的“元宝”热气腾腾，白白胖胖，活像一群小肥猪，可爱得让人不忍心用筷子戳破他们的肚皮。对中国人来说，有了饺子就有了一家人的团圆，有了新年的喜庆。 其实，不管吃什么，“吃”都是人生最重要的组成部分。有位朋友在日本有很多熟人，每次出差去东京，都要忙着见这个见那个的。仔细一想，他不过是今天跟这个朋友吃饭，明天跟那个朋友吃饭而已。不知人生就是吃饭还是吃饭就是人生，但至少可以说吃饭是友情，吃饭是恋爱，吃饭是生意，吃饭是政治，可别小看了吃饭。 俗话说“能吃是福”，“吃吃喝喝”尤其反映了中国文化的特点。在中国，会“吃”，才能“吃香”，不会“吃”，就要“吃亏”。不懂得“吃”的奥妙，甚至还会“吃不了兜着走”。章子怡在记者会上用英语对记者说：“What you want?(你们想要什么)”台下立刻有记者回答说：“We want you(我们想要你)”，她被记者“吃了豆腐”。 The tips for the reading in free Chinese lesson 1.海明威（Ernest Hemingway）：美国作家，1954年以小说《老人与海》获得诺贝尔文学奖。 The tips for the reading in free Chinese lesson 2.孙中山：资产阶级革命先行者，中华民国的缔造者。 The tips for the reading in free Chinese lesson 3.章子怡：中国当代著名演员。 The words for the reading in free Chinese lesson 1.本能 běn nénɡ N. instinct 2.享誉 xiǎnɡ yù V. have good […]
When foreigners come to learn Chinese in China, they will found that Chinese words are mysterious. It seems that many Chinese words are understandable for them. They think there are many exceptions out of the rules. So, it is difficult for them to remember those special words. But whatever it is, teachers should explain to them […]
In the process of Chinese language learning, some students may say 死着 after they learn 看着 which is as a matter of fact incorrect. To answer this question, the learners need to learn something about durative verbs and non-durable verbs. They are all verbs but the verbs like 看and坐can take the character 着while 死and结婚are not […]
Majority of foreign learners intend to learn Zhongwen from free Chinese lesson. With the free Chinese lesson, they find more easily to learn grammar of Zhongwen. Here are some basic usages about compound complement of direction in zhongwen for those who fight to learn zhongwen in China. 复合趋向补语可以由以下七个动词和简单趋向补语“来、去”构成的十三个动补词组充当。 (Those words consisting of 13 VP, which are mixed […]
The purpose of learning a language is to put it into use to the daily conversation. To study Chinese better, this reading lesson is aimed at teaching students to learn some common expressions. Let’s take a look at the following text named “我学汉语（wǒ xué xí hàn yǔ）” 麦克(mài kè)：请问，您贵姓？（qǐnɡ wèn, nín ɡuì xìnɡ?） 张东(zhānɡ dōnɡ)：我姓张。(wǒ xìnɡ zhānɡ.) […]
One of the most frequently used idiomatic expressions that any one foreigner who study Chinese in China should know is 爱面子. It carries the meaning of be sensitive about one’s reputation or be concerned about one’s face-saving. The foreign learners who study Chinese should know that it usually used to describe somebody has great vanity. We can also used […]
It is difficult for overseas students to learn Mandarin when it comes to the compound sentences. If the clauses of a compound sentence are grammarly equal and not modify each other, this compound sentence can be called the coordinate composite sentence. Those who learn Chinese language in China should know that the coordinate composite sentence can be divided into […]
The economic activities of the language need the support of the language industry. The foreign learners who study in China should know that the language industry is the industry that regards language as the main operation target and make profits by taking advantages of the language. In order to know more about the language industry, we should […]
Here two interesting Chinese jokes that might help you learn Chinese and get to understand Chinese jokeculture. Awarding a calendar It was New Year’s Eve when a servant came to present his master’s New Year’s gift to the master of the house. The master of the house to ok down from the wall the old calendar and bade his […]
Vocabulary is the building material of a certain language. It is also the summation of all or certain words and fixed phrases in one language. Therefore, everyone who wants to study Chinese should first know more about vocabulary in Chinese language. The language is used to communicate by combing single word into sentences according to certain grammatical rules. […]