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Names of the chemical elements in Chinese (Victor Mair, Language Log)
This blog post contains both a list of most of the elements in the periodic table in both Chinese and English, but more importantly, it contains a discussion about the characters used to represent ... Read more.
languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu
Olle Linge – about 9 years
健身常用英語單詞 (Gym vocabulary in English and Chinese)
This resource is meant for Chinese people who want to learn gym vocabulary in English, but it works even better for speakers of English who want to learn Chinese. Each vocabulary is translated from... Read more.
takesport.idv.tw
Olle Linge – about 9 years
纯文学网站 PurePen.com (online versions of 红楼梦, 三国演义, 水浒传, 西游记 and 金瓶梅)
As the title implies, this site offers these great classics in an online and easily accessible version, perfect to copy into your preferred document reader or use online with a good dictionary. Read more.
purepen.com
Olle Linge – about 9 years
Real spoken Chinese: "What are your plans for Chinese New Year?"
Watch and listen to people from different parts of China ask and answer the question "What are your plans for Chinese New Year?" Read more.
mandarinhq.com
BK – over 9 years
《冰冻星球》 Frozen Planet (纪实台 央视网)
Introduced by Rebecca [here](http://www.hackingchinese.com/extensive-listening-challenge-october-2014-wrapping-up/#comment-644909): I loved to watch this 2 part documentary called “冰冻星球” “Frozen... Read more.
jishi.cntv.cn
Olle Linge – over 9 years
Learn in Your Car: Mandarin Chinese (Henry Raymond Jr. on Spotify)
Recommended and introduced by Oscar Sjöberg [here](http://www.hackingchinese.com/extensive-listening-challenge-october-2014-wrapping-up/#comment-645716): The material is for beginners, like myse... Read more.
open.spotify.com
Olle Linge – over 9 years
Chinese is Easy! Ep1 - Chinese Tones
This video is produced by Hutong School and explains the very basics of Chinese tones, suitable for the complete beginner or those that are thinking about learning Chinese and want to know a little... Read more.
youtube.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
2014-03-13锵锵三人行 窦文涛:内地医患缺乏沟通滋生信任危机
钟南山坚持认为,最终打开医患之间心结的还应当是真正深化医疗体制改革,让公立医院回归公益。钟南山说,伤害、杀害事件主要在大医院。主要解决这个问题,关键在解决公立医院真正的公益性。医改公立医院的公益性体现在哪,他的改革方向是应该向更好的公益性发展,要着力改善大医院的公益性,首先就表现在对医务人员的工资,是国家给的,而不要靠自己去想办法。有了这个的话,医生就不用着去考虑药的问题,甚至有很多五花八门... Read more.
v.ifeng.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
Preparing for Resurrection Festival (aka Easter) in Chinese
"Even if you’re totally unfamiliar with the Easter story, this short reading list should more or less work for you. It’s all actual biblical text, abridged and slightly rearranged to make the narra... Read more.
chinahopelive.net
Olle Linge – about 10 years
Viral one-minute Chinese sex ed video with English translation
"So there are these minute-long Chinese sex ed videos that’ve gone viral on the Chinese internet. I suspect they’re actually aimed at parents, but they’re funny and well done. Here’s a translation ... Read more.
chinahopelive.net
Olle Linge – about 10 years
On the Character 革 (The World of Chinese)
The evolution of meanings behind the Chinese character 革, from the ancient meaning related to 'hunting', to it's main meaning of “to change”, and 'transformation', with an oftentimes usage on the t... Read more.
theworldofchinese.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
On the character 性 (The World of Chinese)
When it comes to the Chinese word for sex, or 性(Xìng), avoid it in daily speech like you are a proper “sir” from the Victoria era. Defenders of decency might be disappointed to learn the original m... Read more.
theworldofchinese.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
2014-03-11 锵锵三人行 梁文道:马航飞机无端失联 让人心悬
A discussion about the recent disappearance of the Malaysia Airways flight. 锵锵三人行 is one of my favourite programs, always good content and the host is awesome. There are transcripts available, too. Read more.
v.ifeng.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
The Year of the Horse Chengyu (Sinosplice)
This post is about 马到成功, one of the idioms used to wish someone success in the year of the horse (it has other uses as well). John Pasden explains what it means and how to use it (and some things a... Read more.
sinosplice.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
15 Chinese Artifacts That Will Change How You Look at China (chinaSMACK)
Historical artifacts unearthed in China such as golf clubs, fashion accessories, toilet seats, toothbrushes, double-ended lesbian dildos and Google's Android? As usual, chinaSMACK provides parallel... Read more.
chinasmack.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
NEOTV 星际争霸2 - 视频站
This is one of the major broadcasters of StarCraft 2 games in China. Apart from having lots of news about the game, they also stream matches, both live and in video format. Almost all content is in... Read more.
v.neotv.cn
Olle Linge – about 10 years
How to Describe Medical Symptoms in Chinese (一步一个脚印)
In this blog post, Carl Gene Fordham goes through a long list of ways of describing different ailments and illnesses in Chinese. This is excellent if you happen to fall ill in China, but it's also ... Read more.
carlgene.com
Olle Linge – about 10 years
Jason D. Patent on "An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics" by Perry Link
This is a review of Perry Link's book about Chinese. This passage sums it up pretty well, and although I haven't read the book (yet), it's high on my list of books to get my hands on: "In writin... Read more.
lareviewofbooks.org
Olle Linge – about 10 years