吃干饭 Good-for-nothing【注音】chī gān fàn【解释】什么也不做或者什么也不会做。This is the Chinese version for good-for-nothing,【例子】例1：厂长换了好几个，可是都是吃干饭的，大家都只好等着工厂破产。Ex1.：We’ve changed several factory directors, but they are all Read more »
吃闭门羹 Find the door closed【注音】chī bì mén gēng【解释】你去拜访某人，人家不在家或不欢迎你而不让你进屋，这就是“吃了闭门羹”。When you call on someone but find the door closed, or you are not welcomed, this is called chi bi men geng.【例子】例：A：昨天 Read more »
喝西北风Have nothing to eat【注音】hē xī běi fēng【解释】饿肚子，没吃的。Nothing to eat, got hungry.【例子】例：爸爸吃饭的时候说：“不能总是因为家里的事儿影响我的工作，这么大一家子，就靠我一个人的工资吃饭，如果我没有事业了，大家喝西北风去呀？”Ex.：On the dinner table father said：“I shouldn’t Read more »
给……点儿颜色看看Shou…some colors【注音】gěi…diǎnr yán sè kàn kan【解释】用比较厉害的脸色或者行为对付别人。Teach someone a lesson with severe countenance or action.【例子】例：不给他点儿颜色看看，他还以为我们是容易欺负的呢。Ex.：If we don’t teach him a lesson, he Read more »
干瞪眼Look on【注音】gān dèng yǎn【解释】瞪大眼睛看着某件你不愿意看见的事情发生，无能为力。Something you don’t want to see it happen happened, and all you can do is just standing by helplessly and looking on in despair with your eyes wi Read more »
顶梁柱Pillar supporting the roof beam【注音】dǐng liáng zhù【解释】起主要作用的骨干或核心人物。This is a metaphor for people who play the principal role of a backbone or the key figure. 【例子】例：小舟虽然没上过大学，但他自己刻苦学习，成了厂里的技术骨干，大家说在 Read more »
放空炮Empty talk【注音】fàng kōng pào【解释】说了一个或一堆计划，不能实现，就像炮弹打出去了，没有目标，没有效果。It’s a metaphor for empty talk or idle boasting, which are like empty gunshots with no goal and no effect.【例子】例：我们现在要实际的行动，不能光说大话，放空 Read more »
耳边风A puff of wind passing the ear【注音】ěr biān fēng【解释】话说了，要求提了，也没起一点儿作用，就像风儿从耳边吹过，不留一点儿痕迹一样。It’s a metaphor for unheeded advice or demand, just like a puff of wind passing the ear, without leaving any Read more »
兜圈子Go around in circles【注音】dōu quān zi【解释】你或许有过这样的经历，去一个陌生的城市出差或旅游，被出租司机带着在陌生的城市里到处转圈儿，结果你埋怨“怎么这么远”或者“怎么堵车这么厉害？”，而司机高高兴兴地收了你的钱，说“谢谢”。那位司机带着你兜圈子了。如果你和人打交道或谈话，你感到自己被人领着走了太多的弯路，那它就是在跟你兜圈子了。You may have s Read more »
Daily Figurative Slangs 每日惯用语(一)
1.倒胃口Spoil one’s appetite【注音】dǎo wèi kǒu【解释】胃口就是食欲。倒胃口是影响食欲，看了或者听到了什么而不想吃饭。什么事情引起你的反感，那你就说它使你倒胃口了。WeiKou is the Chinese word for appetite. So the literal meaning is that something you’ve seen or hea Read more »
The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK)
The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Contents 1. What is the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK)? 2. The Host Organization of the HSK 3. Institutions for Designing and Developing the HSK 4. C Read more »
Day 1 Arriving BeijingOur guide will pick you up at Beijing airport and transfer to the 4 or 5 star Hotel in Beijing. Day 2 Beijing After breakfast,Tian抋nmen Square, the world's large Read more »
The Summer Palace in northwest suburban Beijing is the largest and most complete imperial garden existing in China. It was first built in the 12th century as an imperial palace. Renovation and exten Read more »
Dunhuang and the Cave of Manuscripts Dunhuang has 492 caves, with 45,000 square meters of frescos, 2, 415 painted statues and five wooden-structured caves. The Mogao Grottoes contain priceless Read more »
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi
Located approximately 30 km outside of the present-day capital, X'ian (called Chang'an in ancient times), of the Shensi province of modern China, the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi remains a symbol of the in Read more »
Brief Introduction One of the most magnificent ancient military defense works in the world. The construction of the segments which later made up the Great Wall began during the Spring and Autumn Pe Read more »
Mulan is a legendary heroine, the only record of whom is a 360-word poem written in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 AD) by an anonymous poet 木 兰 诗 唧唧复唧唧，木兰当户织。不闻机杼声，唯闻女叹息。 问女何所思？问女何所忆？“女亦无所思，女亦 Read more »
The army of the Chinese Song dynasty was in the heat of a seesaw battle with the invading armies of a militant nomad state - the Great Liao from China's north borders. The Great Liao recruited a Chine Read more »
Prime Minister Cui Peng died in the capital of Xi’an. His wife Madame Cui and his 20-year old daughter Cui Yingying escorted his coffin back to his hometown. With them were Yingying’s maid Hong Niang. Read more »
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