As we all know, there are numerous set phrases in Chinese language which are very meaningful and difficult to understand. Therefore, it is important for the foreign students who attend to HSK preparation program in China to know something about the characteristics of Chinese set phrases. The set phrases have the characteristics like meaning integrity, […]
In France, Mr. Bai Lesang, the general educational inspector of the Chinese teaching in France has held the 2011 France Chinese teaching seminar in Normandy. In the seminar, he proposed a special opinion about the Chinese teaching in France according to the situations of Chinese teaching as a foreign language. He thought teachers should get […]
There are many words of similar meaning and appearance, which are difficult for overseas students who study in China to tell apart. This lesson will illustrate some pairs of similar words to distinguish. The first group of words to be differentiated is “协助”, “帮助”, “援助” and “赞助”. All of them are functioned as verb and all carry […]
Most idiomatical expressions in Chinese language are greatly related to Chinese culture. Therefore, the learners should know more expressions when they study Chinese. One of the common heard is 白脸儿狼, meaning the wolf with white wolf. When we use this expression, we usually describe the people that are ungrateful, carrying the negative meaning. When foreign students study Chinese, they may […]
When mentioning the cultural phenomena created by the application of Chinese characters, people often firstly relate it to the calligraphy. When you come to study Chinese in China, you will see that the various strikes of Chinese characters are the basis of forming the unique calligraphy art. The inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells and on […]
Reduplication is a usually seen word formation method in Chinese language. It is frequently seen in verb. Foreigners who learn Chinese in China should know that the verb reduplication is to repeat the verbs inChinese language. Besides, the reduplicated verbs have the certain meaning, more importantly, the special grammatical meanings. Firstly, we should know the patterns of verb […]
The degree complements with 得 and without 得 are frequently appear in free Chinese lesson. There are some basic forms for this usage. The first one is adjective/verbal predicate+得+adjective like 他们表演得非常精彩. Different words can be added after 得 to express different degrees such as 很、多、不得了、慌、要命、不行、adjective+极了. If you go for free Chinese lesson, you can learn from examples […]
If you are learning Chinese words in free Chinese lesson, you may often see the words 出来and 出去. Both of them can be used after the verb as directional complement. When we use 出来, it means go from inside to outside. The actions done are toward the place that the speakers are. We can say 从教室出来. When learning […]
Foreign learners can learn some common expressions like 还是 and 这几年 in free Chinese lesson. First of all, learners should know that 还是 is an adverb here. When we use it, we often mean to indicate to make a choice after comparing two things. For example, A：我们去上海还是去西安？B：还是去西安吧. Some students may learn from free Chinese lesson that there is […]
It is important for the students who study in Mandarin language courses in China to know that it is incorrect to say 一个人走了. Firstly, let’s see some comparative examples like 你姐姐找你，一个人找你 and 有个人找你. After the comparison, you can find that the subject is needed in Chinese language no matter it is the doer of the action in the sentence […]