This was floating around Chinese social media recently. If you’re at least intermediate level, take a look. It might take some time, but you should be able to slowly start making sense of these “characters”:
My first reaction was “what the–?? I can’t read this.” But within 10 seconds I was deciphering certain characters, and pretty soon I had read the entire thing.
I won’t post the electronic answer here, but if anyone wants it, I can leave it in the comments.
Picture yourself as a keen-eyed observer, noticing the subtle variations in expressions like “here” or “there,” your interest piqued by the dual forms of 这里/这儿(zhè lǐ/zhèr) and 那里/那儿(nà lǐ/nàr). This
The story behind the classic Chinese idiom (成语 chéng yǔ) “Blind People Touch an Elephant” (“盲人摸象” máng rén mō xiàng)
In this episode I interview Derek McCracken, an American who has been living in Taiwan for 7 years. Listen to find out: – What brought Derek to Asia and specifically
