When Miao's uncle accidentally gets drunk in an attempt to keep up his image, how will his image fare?
Although getting drunk can be fun, it just might get in the way of one's attempt to convey a positive image.
When adjectives are used as predicates in Chinese, there are three forms: affirmative, negative and interrogative.
With Susan staying with them for Chinese New Year, Miao's family feels a bit unsure how to act in front of the foreign guest.
There are different ways to ask someone his or her name. For people who are older than us, "nin" should be used, while "ni" should be used for younger people.
A tradition of Chinese New Year is to eat dumplings with family but there's also another tradition within the dumplings. Can you guess what it is?
Since she's planning on becoming independent from her family, Susan will be staying with Miao's family long-term.
The mystery of the dumplings is that the person who eats the lucky dumpling with the coin filling will be the luckiest person in the coming year.
Fighting jet lag is the worst. Miao stays up with Susan while she's attempting to adjust to the time change.
It's very easy to state the date in Chinese. All you need is the number plus the words "year," "month," and "day."
The family gets into an argument, debating whether Susan should sell Chinese food or Western food. Do you think that Susan is really trying to open a breakfast shop?
Chinese is very complicated because the same characters can have different meanings depending on the context, similar to homographs in English.
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