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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 Ancient Poem: Painting

We will appreciate a Chinese ancient poem: painting (画 ) (hua4).  

It was said the title “painting” was not the original title of this poem . People found this poem on a painting, so they gave the poem the title “painting”.

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Basic Rules for Reading Chinese Characters

Before we talk about basic rules for reading Chinese characters, we have to know a bit about how Chinese characters are formed.

Generally, there are four main forms of Chinese characters.

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Chinese Children’s Song: Ten Little Friends

We will sing a song in Mandarin Chinese: ten little friends (十个小朋友)(shi2 ge4 xiao3 peng2 you3).

If you don’t know how to count numbers in Mandarin-Chinese, you have to learn number song first, then come back to learn this song.

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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 ).