Have you ever thought about growing and raising your own food? That is what C is doing. Let's hear his story.
At first, farmers in the new area didn't trust C's farming method. In order to convince them, C took the farmers on a tour of one of his farms.
While many consider the world Mother Earth, C has a different thought about this: As the land is our child, we must take good care of it.
Susan is visiting her friend for Spring Festival. Let's see how a Chinese family celebrates this holiday.
Susan accidentally runs into her friend's family members in the street. Not knowing who they are, she is given the wrong directions and heads further away from the house.
There are two ways to say hello in Chinese: "ni hao," the informal way, and "nin hao," the manner that shows respect.
After receiving the wrong directions, Susan is now lost and needs to find her way to her friend's home.
Miao and Susan play a prank on Xiao Yong, making him believe that Miao has undergone a transformation.
"Bà i Nián" is a term for the Spring Festival tradition of paying visits to family and friends.
While saying blessings is another Chinese Spring Festival tradition, one has to be careful of the blessings he or she chooses!
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.
People often do crazy things when they are drunk. What kind of show have you put on in that state?
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?
Coins are traditionally incorporated into the Chinese New Year dumplings with a symbolic meaning.
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.
There are two ways of introducing people to others. One is more formal and the other is more causal.
A blind date is a traditional way to meet new people. In present day China, many couples are still formed in this way.
In order to escape the blind date, Mai Miao and Susan plan to call Xiao Wei so that he can have an excuse to leave early. What would you do to escape such an awkward event?
The "is" word sentence is a very common sentence pattern in Chinese. Many sentences can be formed using this sentence structure.
There are three ways to say thank you in Chinese depending on the person that you are thanking. And to say you are welcome, you can simply say "no thanks."
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