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Another Song to Learn Numbers in Mandarin Chinese

In order to help my little child learn Mandarin Chinese numbers, I created a number song with repetitive lyrics to make sure my child master numbers in Mandarin Chinese quickly.

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Let’s Sing & Learn Colors in Mandarin Chinese

In this post, we are going to learn colors in Mandarin Chinese. Since I believe in learning should be fun, so I created some songs to help kids and beginners learn Mandarin Chinese in a meaningful fun way.

This color song is one of them. I created this song using the tone of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” to teach kids and beginners eleven colors and some other common words and sentences.

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Chinese Tang Poem: On Youzhou Tower

In this post we are going to learn another famous Chinese Tang poem written by poet Cheng, Zi’ang.

As I mentioned in my former posts, learning Chinese classic works including Tang poems is a great way to learn Chinese characters as well as Chinese culture.

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Chinese Tang Poem: Weeding the Cereal Crops 锄禾

If you are my reader for some time, you might know I like introducing Tang poems on my blog for two reasons.

1, Tang poem is an important part of Chinese culture and language; 2, Reading Tang poem is a good way to learn Chinese characters.

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Chinese New Year Traditions — How Much Do You Know

In my post: How My Family Celebrated Chinese New Year, I talked about how ordinary people like my family celebrated Chinese new year.

In this post, I will talk about what are general Chinese new year traditions. At the same time, as usual, we will learn some Chinese characters related with this topic.