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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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Mandarin Chinese Children’s Poem: A Small Boat

In this post, we are going to learn a very famous Chinese children’s poem “A Small Boat” written by a well known Chinese educator, publisher and writer Ye, Shengtao 叶圣陶 ( yè shèng táo ).

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Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (2) Mulan Went Back Home

In this post, we are going to learn the second part of Mulan poem. For the first part, please read the post: Let’s Learn Mulan’s Story in Mandarin Chinese (1) Mulan Joined the army.

From the first part of this poem, we learned the reason why Mulan joined the army and her hard life in the army. In the second part, we will learn Mulan’s life after she went back home. Let’s take a look.

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My Favorite Chinese Love Poem(2) The Pledge

If you read my post My Favorite Chinese Love Poem (1): the Yangtze love, I hope you enjoy this beautiful love poem as I do.

In this post, I am going to share another of my favorite love poems. This love poem is written in Han dynasty about 2000 years ago.

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Halloween and Chinese Ghost Festival

Halloween (万圣节) (wan4 sheng4 jie2) is here. It is the happiest day for kids, at least for my kids.

When I just came to America, I didn’t understand why people are so happy on this day. It seems American people enjoy playing with anything related with ghost (鬼) (gui3) and death (死亡) (si3 wang2).