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Mandarin Chinese Kids Song Nursery Rhyme Little Stars

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars might be one of the most famous songs in the world, no wonder, there was a Chinese version many years ago.

The Chinese title of this song is 小星星 (xiao3 xing1 xing1) (little stars).

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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 Children’s Song: Two Tigers

“Two Tigers” (两只老虎) (liang3 zhi1 lao3 hu3) is one of my favorite songs when I was little.

In Chinese culture, tiger is regarded as the king of animals. We believe in a tiger has a power.

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Traditional Chinese Characters or Simplified Chinese Characters

To a Mandarin-Chinese learner, learning traditional characters or simplified characters is a question.

Traditional characters are used commonly in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and  most oversea communities.

Simplified characters are used officially on Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia and growing oversea communities.

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Why Mandarin-Chinese Is Easy to Learn

To English speakers, Mandarin-Chinese has a fame of being one of the most difficult languages to learn.

Back to many years ago, this statement might be true. However, it is is not the case any more.