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Chinese Fable:Beat the grass and startle the snake 打草惊蛇 打草惊蛇【解释】：打草惊了草里的蛇。原比喻惩罚了甲而使乙有所警觉。后多比喻做法不谨慎，反使对方有所戒备。【出自】：宋·郑文宝《南唐近事》：“王鲁为当涂宰，颇以资产为务，会部民连状诉主簿贪贿于县尹。鲁乃判曰：‘汝虽打草，吾已惊蛇。’”【示例】：空自去“～”，倒吃他做了手脚，却是不好。 ◎明·施耐庵《水浒全传》第二十九回【近义词】：操之过急、因小失大【反义词】：欲擒故纵、引蛇出洞【语法】：连动式；作谓语、定语、宾语；含贬义，多用于否定句 Long long ago,...
问路 Background (背景资料) 当您独自外出游览或拜访亲朋好友，遇到地点不清或地址不详时就需要问路。一天，麦克要去西单，一位热心的北京姑娘正在给他指路。 When you have a trip or visit to your friends or acquaintances alone, you may come acros...
一封中文信：Qīn ài de tāng mǔ:亲 爱 的 汤 姆：Hĕn bào qiàn tōng zhī nĭ bĕn zhōu mò wŏ bù néng...
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Chinese 4 Tones It is fundanmental to understand Chinese 4 tones when learning Chinese Mandarin. Chinese is a tonal language. Tones, like consonants and vowels, are used to distinguish words from each other. The following are the four tones of Standard Mandarin.Tone name: Yinping Yangping Shang QuTone number: 1 2 3 4First ToneFirst tone, or high-level tone (陰平/阴平 yīnpíng,...
你 nǐ you (sing.)好 hǎo good, well古波 Gǔ bō Gubo (a personal name)帕兰卡 Pà lán kǎ Palanka (a personal name)吗 ma (an interrogative particle)我 wǒ I, me很 hěn very呢 ne (a modal particle), (question particle)也 yě also, too忙 máng busy不 bù not哥哥 gē ge elder brother他 tā he, him弟弟 dì di younger brother他们 tā men they, them都 dōu all这 zhè this是 shì to be朋友 péng you friend爸爸 bà ba father妈妈 mā ma...
The best way to explain tones is probably do so by using examples. Here, we can use English pronunciation of letter "i" as one example.Tone 1: flat In English, it is the default tone we use to pronounce 'i' emotionlessly as in saying "I am ....".The audio material will show flat tone 'i', and how 'i' would sound on other tones as if with strong emotions a...
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