呆 dai 若 ruo 木 mu 鸡 ji – Dumb as a wooden chicken
A man is said to have trained a chicken to fight so well that the cock would stand immobile, eyes unstaring, unafraid and with no reactio…
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Learn Chinese – 呆若木鸡 – Dumb as a Wooden Chicken
Olympic Stars – Helsinki 1952 – Karoly Takacs
Karoly Takacs of Hungary won the gold medal in shooting, putting 10 bullet holes in the old world record.
What is remarkable is that he was a member of the Hungarian team in 1938 and 1952.
In between …
Learn Chinese – 士别三日 当刮目相看- After Three Days, a Gentleman is Viewed with New Eyes
士 shi 别 bie 三 san 日 ri 当 dang 刮 gua 目 mu 相 xiang 看 kan – After three days, a gentleman is viewed with new eyes.
There was a man who didn't quite measure up to the sta…
Fan Bing Bing on Harper’s Bazaar
Fan Bing Bing is one of China's favorites.
Well, maybe she's one of the favorites that foreign magazines pick for their covers.
Harper's Bazaar has the little lady on display this month
&n…
Olympic Stars – London 1948 – Fanny Blankers – Koen
Fanny Blankers-Koen, the Dutch "flying housewife" at age 30 won the 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles and ran the anchor leg of the winning relay team.
The mother of two held the world record in the h…
China’s Two Most Popular Singers – Eason Chan, Joey Yung
Every year, in January, the Jade Solid Golden competition presents the Best 10 Songs awards in Hong Kong.
Apart from the Top 10 Jade Gold Songs category, the competition also awards the Best Group, B…
Spanish Tenor, Jose Carreras, Concert in China
China seems to attract a lot of international figures.
Last year China received hip-hop artist like Talib Kweli and Beyonce, socialite Paris Hilton and the finalist of the popular American TV s…
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READ MOREChinese Central Bank Raises the Required Reserve Ratio
To coordinate the monetary policy and the government policy, Chinese central bank raised the required reserve ratio 0.5 percentage points on January 16.
This is the first time for the Chinese centr…
Learn Chinese – 敲竹杠- Rapping Bamboo Poles
敲 qiao 竹 zhu 杠 gang – Rapping Bamboo Poles
A man in old China was almost caught trying to smuggle opium in his bamboo poles when a simple bumpkin took his pipe and rapped it on the poles j…
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