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Chinese Idiom Story: A Frog In the Well

A frog in the well (井底之蛙) (jing3 di3 zhi1 wa1) is a very famous Chinese idiom story.

It tells a story about a frog that lived in a well, he thought he knew everything, however, after a conversation with a turtle passing by the well,  he realized that he only knew well of a small world: the well where he was living.

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Chinese Tang Poem: On the Stork Tower

We will appreciate a Mandarin-Chinese Tang poem written by 王之涣( wáng,zhī huàn ): 登鹳雀楼( dēng guàn què lóu ).

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Chinese Idiom Story: Mother Meng Relocated Three Times

This history story is about Mother Meng. Her son, Mencius(孟子) (meng4 zi3), was a famous educator, philosopher and politician in Chinese history during Warring states period.

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Chinese Poetry Tang Poem: Grasses

When you think of spring, which imagine jumps into your mind in the first place? For me, it is green grasses.

Today we are going to appreciate a tang poem: grasses (草) written by the poet 白居易(Bai2, Ju1yi4). This poem praised the life strength of grass.

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Chinese Idiom Story: Waiting for a Hare Under a Tree

This idiom story 守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù) is a very famous Chinese folktale. This story tells a story that a farmer got a dead hare by accident while he worked on a field.