After receiving the wrong directions, Susan is now lost and needs to find her way to her friend's home.

There are two ways to say hello in Chinese: "ni hao," the informal way, and "nin hao," the manner that shows respect.

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.

Susan is visiting her friend for Spring Festival. Let's see how a Chinese family celebrates this holiday.

Let's review the vocabulary again for wind, cloud, water and fire.

Let's put Wind, Cloud, Fire and Water back where they belong!

Wind, Cloud, Fire and Water can't seem to find their way home!

This video explains the origin of the Chinese proverb "Ai Wu Ji Wu."

Learn how the story of two impostors inspired the idiom, "To catch a turtle in a jar" (To go after easy prey).

Learn the story behind the idiom, "A third party benefits from a tussle."

Learn how a trusting shepherd inspired the idiom, "To usher the wolf into the house" (To ask for trouble).

The story continues with Liu Bang plotting to seize the strategically-important Guanzhong area with a clever tactic of deception dubbed "To Secretly Cross at Chencang." After defeating Xiang Yu, Liu Bang went on to found the Han Dynasty.

Lydia teaches us the weekdays, the seasons and the months in Chinese.

Lydia teaches us how to talk about body parts in Chinese, about the head and face in particular.

Lydia explains how to read the clock in Chinese with a few examples.

This story brings alive the Chinese idiom about contentment. It depicts how a small little bird that is not strikingly beautiful stays happy every day.

A grizzly tale of a mysterious series of murders in Qing-era Guangdong gives us a saying which means "an absence of justice." This video explains the origins of the phrase and breaks down its meaning character by character.

The wisdom of Chinese ancient hieroglyphics can be traced back to thousands of years ago. They are so clever and yet, comprised of such spontaneous connections that even a child can guess them.

Do you know whether ginger grows on the ground or in a tree? Unfortunately for the man in this video, neither does he.

"Shou Zhu Dai Tu" means, "Sitting by a stump, waiting for a careless rabbit to hit the stump." Originally, it referred to the routineer in an ironic way. Later, the metaphor came to mean one does not take the initiative to work hard and wants to get a windfall.

This Eastern Han-era story of a principled man who turned down a duke's invitation is the origin of an expression which means "to flatter and suck up to."

This idiom is used as a metaphor for the punishment of a person to alert others to correct their behavior.

Never look down on someone who is not as good as you in some areas. Here's why.

Hear the story from which the saying, "Hun Shui Mo Yu" came about. It means to take advantage of a chaotic time or deliberately create confusion to obtain benefits.