Leisure or闲(xián)is increasingly a luxury in modern China,especially for those trapped in the rat race of the first and second-tier cties.The country’s rapid growth,combined with aspiration to do better than the pr...
How gentleness leads to peace是不偏不倚,是胜败难分,是执掌天下,是返璞归真'It is my spirit that addresses your spirit;just as if both had passed through the grave and we stood at God’s feet,equal-as we are.'This declar...
'You came to grow grass again?I’ve been eating dirt.Now I have to chop off my hands again.'This is not,as you might first imagine,the tale of a dirt-eating landscape gardener with a severe self-harm complex;no,this i...
If your girlfriend says,'When I was taking my medicine this morning,I heard some news…'Do not,under any circumstances,answer,'What news?'If you do,you,my friend,have just fallen into a trap.The next thing you’re lik...
There is an unwritten rule in Chinese:you have to be very careful when you say someone'has a good presence(有气质y6u q#zh#)'.Though it definitely sounds like a compliment,it’s a dig,suggesting that the subject doesn...
JUST LIKE THE REAL WORLD,MONEY MAKES THE WEB GO ROUNDThin,V-shaped chin,huge eyes,supernaturally long eyelashes—when people see a girl with these features,they automatically reach for the phrase网红脸(w2ngh5ngli2n),o...
The subject of family comes up quite often in conversation—it may be asked out of politeness,you may be explaining your situation to a new lover,or perhaps just gossiping with other members of your kin.But,there’s a...
逆天(nìtiān)originally referred to a violation of the natural world,something that defies nature itself.Imagine an old kung fu master giving advice to his disciple:'一切顺应自然,决不可逆天行事.'(Yíqiè shùnyìng z...
Connecting East and West in a kindergarten classroom在中国的双语幼儿园,穿着开裆裤的小孩也肩负着中西文化交流的重任。Memories of my first day teaching kindergarten are as hazy as those of being in kindergarten myself;I ...