For those who show great interest to Chinese language, the top concern for them should be how to learn Mandarin better and faster. The best way should be put themselves into the Chinese language environment. That’s way the teachers often tell you to talk more with Chinese people after learning the language points in class. […]
In the Chinese language learning process, many foreign students may often meet the oral expressions with the character 够such as 够了，够朋友and够呛and so on. In the following parts, the oral expressions of such type with detailed explanation and typical examples will be explained to the foreigners who are studying in Chinese learning programs. For example, 够了is […]
There are many aspects you need to pay attention when you study Mandarin. Except for the basic words and important grammar points, you need also know some frequently used expressions in daily conversations with Chinese people. 自己来is a common expression to mean it can be done by oneself and it is not necessary to bother […]
This free Chinese lesson gives you a reading about the “walking marriage” custom of Mosuo in order to help you study Chinese culture. studying Chinese in China, you may have heard about Mosuo people in Yunnan. This article below will tell you some details about this nationality. 在四川省西南与云南省西北的交界处，美丽的泸沽((lú ɡū) 湖畔，居住着一个以女性为中心的族群——摩梭族。在摩梭人的家庭里，女性是占主导地位的，孩子只有母亲，没有父亲，家庭里的男人不是舅舅就是兄弟。这个族群现今约有人口45000人，因为他们实行的是一种叫做“走婚”的婚姻制度，所以一直吸引着人们的好奇心。 摩梭人自古以来，男不娶，女不嫁，男女之间是以纯洁感情为基础的自由恋爱关系。女孩子到了十三岁，要搬到木楼里去单独居住，十八岁以后可以结交“阿注”（即男情人）。而男人则要自己出去结交“阿夏”（即女情人），找到以后，晚上就在“阿夏”屋里过夜，第二天早上回自己的家。如果一方移情别恋，感情破裂，女不开门，男不再来，“走婚”关系解除。因为本来一切归女方，所以不存在孩子抚养问题，也不存在财产分割问题。 “走婚”关系不是杂乱无章的，一个女子不能同时结交多个正式“阿注”，一个男子也不能同时与多个女子结交正式“阿夏”。据说这种“走婚”的方式，是远古婚姻制度的延续，目前地球上仅存此一例。因此有人说它是母系社会的“活化石”和人类社会文明的最后一朵玫瑰。 听说有很多的“洋阿注”常徘徊在泸沽湖畔不忍离去。也许他们厌倦了利益、门第和虚荣等文明的东西才去那里；或者是他们想远离虚伪、算计、背叛等现代的东西才不愿离开那里。不管出于哪种动机，“走婚”的美丽和神秘，是让他们心动的最大的原因。不过就是不知道他们能否在那里找到那原始的、单纯的和不带杂志的感情。 Here are some useful new words […]
In Chinese teaching as a foreign language, it is important to help students to gain language knowledge as well as master the language skills. Therefore, it is wrong to overemphasize the knowledge because it won’t be transformed into skills and absorbed by students. In the same sense, the overemphasis of skills training is inappropriate because […]
Thanks to the boom of learning Chinese in China, more and more foreign student fight to learn Chinese in China recent years. Besides, most of them are willing to take the free Chinese lesson in order to learn Chinese in China well. And majority of them believe that with the free Chinese lesson, they have made great progress in their Chinese. This is […]
In the classroom teaching, whether the students’ performance and excellence can be shown depends on the atmosphere in certain degree. It means students should have enough time and space to practice teaching activities as well as a relaxing and active atmosphere. In order to build this kind of beneficial atmosphere, teachers in Chinese learning programs should […]
The phoneme is the smallest unit or the smallest pronunciation segment that forms the syllable. It is classified from the perspective of tones. When students come to learn Chinese in China, they should know that a syllable can be divided into the smallest units with different features from the view of different tones. All of these […]
Foreign learners will hear many Chinese expressions from Chinese people when they come to study Chinese like 摆谱子 and 撑门面. The former one means try to appear rich and elegant while the latter indicates to keep up appearances. When we use 摆谱子, we usually express that people attach much importance to the forms and to make people feel […]
During the process of reading, we can not only review what we have learned but also can learn new things. Besides, we can learn some truth or principles for living a good life. Therefore, it is important for those wholearn Chinese in China to read more, especially the simple but profound stories. Just like the process […]