http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog Learning Chinese is fun and easy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:14:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/Chinese4Kidshttp://feedburner.google.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zx6TCneHjYTPP9n8svJ3DA6VtTI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zx6TCneHjYTPP9n8svJ3DA6VtTI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zx6TCneHjYTPP9n8svJ3DA6VtTI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zx6TCneHjYTPP9n8svJ3DA6VtTI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Unusual Enjoyment Tutu&#8217;s Dad one day suddenly felt bored. He felt that life was repeated everyday; there was no enjoyment. He kept on wondering &#8220;what is the point of life?&#8221; until he dug out his forgotten violin! He started to play violin as it had been his dream to become a violist. Although he did not [...]<p><a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/chinese-cartoon-big-ear-tutu-5-episode-2/">Chinese Cartoon: Big Ear Tutu 5 Episode 2</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog">Chinese for Kids Blog</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~4/t_ggZ_GctAw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~3/t_ggZ_GctAw/ http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/chinese-cartoon-big-ear-tutu-5-episode-2/ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9hOGEdsP3T52qfmtrUimvPGAeBI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9hOGEdsP3T52qfmtrUimvPGAeBI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9hOGEdsP3T52qfmtrUimvPGAeBI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9hOGEdsP3T52qfmtrUimvPGAeBI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>新年好！ xīn nián hǎo! 恭喜发财！ gōng xǐ fā cái Here are some videos regarding Chinese spring festival and celebrations, some were posted before, one was a new addition: Introduction to Spring Festival Please have a look at my old post Dragon Dance Chinese Zodiac Please have a look at this post. 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It will be a special year &#8212; a year of Dragon! According Wikipedia, &#8220;In contrast to European dragons, which are considered evil, Chinese dragons traditionally symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods. 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Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐！ shèng dàn kuài lè Merry Christmas to All is a post from: Chinese for Kids Blog Bookmark to: Tweet <p><a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/merry-christmas-to-all/">Merry Christmas to All</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog">Chinese for Kids Blog</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~4/7bA-hTNk-kY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~3/7bA-hTNk-kY/ http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/merry-christmas-to-all/ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NRggwmtgEiTmSrb0bifj6t8EmsI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NRggwmtgEiTmSrb0bifj6t8EmsI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NRggwmtgEiTmSrb0bifj6t8EmsI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NRggwmtgEiTmSrb0bifj6t8EmsI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Fight in the Class Tutu had a fight in the kindergarten! 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But for Chinese language, it is actually the easy part. As soon as a person learns the numbers, it is time to introduce the concept of 12 months. The only word one has [...]<p><a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/how-to-say-month-in-chinese/">How to Say Month in Chinese</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog">Chinese for Kids Blog</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~4/kQN9d7gESyo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Chinese4Kids/~3/kQN9d7gESyo/ http://www.chinese4kids.net/blog/how-to-say-month-in-chinese/