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A 200-Year-Old Fight Between Neighbours

Every country has its neighbour disputes: the hedge that grew too tall, the fence that moved a few inches. But in a village on the outskirts of Xi’an, two families have been arguing about the same patch of ground since the reign of the Qian...

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Golden Week Goes Rural: Why Young Chinese Skipped the Landmarks

Did you spend Golden Week elbow-to-elbow on the Great Wall? This year, a lot of young Chinese travelers didn’t. Instead of queuing at famous landmarks, they headed to small county towns, signed up for tie-dye classes in Dali, or checked int...

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再也不 - Expressing "never again"

Have you ever made a promise to yourself to never do something again? Maybe you stayed up all night before an exam, or ate so much that you regretted it. In Chinese, 再也不 (zài yě bù) is a useful way to express that you’ve had enough!

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“Not Too Sweet”: Inside China's Cultural Aversion to Sugar Overload

You surely must have heard the “not too sweet” phrase before. In China, saying that a dessert is “not too sweet” can actually be a compliment and something that often surprises foreigners. Rather than looking for intense sweetness, many tra...

22 days ago
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是 - Conceding a point

是 (shì) can be used to concede a point while still expressing a reservation or contrasting opinion. It often has the feeling of “it’s true that…” or “admittedly…”, followed by a different point.

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Adj. + 是 + Adj.,但是 / 就是……

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