Chinese Characters
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Chinese characters explained.

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Fruit

Watch and learn how to say the names for different types of fruit in Chinese.

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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 utilizes Latin characters. The characters could be represented by pictograms depicting one or an aggregate of pictures or ideograms depicting an idea or a borrowed word. Join us to learn the roots of some of the Chinese characters. In this episode, you will discover the formation of "pine," "peach," "willow" and "bamboo."

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Numbers

Watch and learn the vocabulary and grammar of the numbers one through ten in Chinese.

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Vegetables

Watch and learn how to say the names of vegetables in Chinese.

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Verbs Part 2

Watch and learn some Chinese verbs.

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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."

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Verbs Part 1

Watch and learn how to use verbs properly in Chinese.

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Emotion

Watch and learn some useful phrases to describe your emotions.

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

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Body Parts

Learn some very useful vocabulary for the body parts.

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Color

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

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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.

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Learn the stories behind some characters of the animal variety.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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