Watch and learn some Chinese verbs.

Have you ever wondered why a Chinese character is written the way it is written? The Chinese characters are logograms, unlike the English language that utilize Latin characters. The Chinese characters could be represented by pictograms depicting one or an aggregate of pictures or ideograms depicting an idea/icon symbolically. Join us to learn the roots of some of the Chinese characters. In this episode, you will discover the formation of the "rind" of a fruit, "fur," "melon" and "fruit."

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.

Watch and learn how to use verbs properly in Chinese.

Watch and learn some useful phrases to describe your emotions.

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.

Watch and learn how to address people in a Chinese family.

Learn some very useful vocabulary for the body parts.

Learn some vocabulary of the colors and how they are used to describe things.

Have you ever wondered why a Chinese character is written the way it is written? The Chinese characters are logograms, unlike the English language that utilize Latin characters. The Chinese characters could be represented by pictograms, depicting one or an aggregate of pictures or ideograms depicting an idea/icon symbolically. Join us to learn the roots of some of the Chinese characters. In this episode, you will discover the formation of "horn," "flower," and "grass," to name a few.

The proper use of Mandarin Chinese greetings can pave the way for establishing good relationships. In this episode you'll learn some practical words about greetings in Chinese.

Learn the stories behind some characters of the animal variety.

Spring, summer, autumn, winter- learn the story behind these seasonal characters.

As the story comes to a conclusion, we learn more and more concepts that are brilliantly captured in the essence of Chinese characters.

Learn not only the meaning behind some Chinese characters, but also how they were originally derived from pictures. These characters are of the agricultural variety.

While a father is teaching his child Chinese characters, they are introduced in all their wisdom and splendor.

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.

A child learns from his dad the wisdom of Chinese characters.

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.

Learn about the origin of some Chinese characters which were derived from pictures of what the characters represent.

Learn about the origin of some Chinese characters which were derived from pictures of what the characters represent.

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.