Archive for May 2018 – Page 2

“Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!” (《错!错! 错!》) by Chinese Breeze

“Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!” first edition cover

Review of First Edition of “Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!”

This book is an  original “who-dunnit” by Chengzhi Chu and  Yuehua Liu, one of the editors of the “Integrated Chinese” textbook series.

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“Calling a Deer a Horse” 指鹿为马

“Calling a deer a horse” means to deceive for ill gain.

Calling a Deer a Horse (指鹿为马)

The Chinese idiom “calling a deer a horse” (指鹿为马 – zhǐ lù wéi mǎ) goes all they way back to the first Chinese Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty.  A figure by the name of Zhao Gao (赵高 — Zhào Gāo) receives the credit for this four word Chinese idiom, a 成语 chéngyǔ. Read More…

Mandarain Companion’s “Secret Garden” 《秘密花园》

When I first learned about Mandarin Companion, they had just published their first graded reader “The Secret Garden” 《秘密花园》.   I was delighted to be able to read this Chinese adaptation of  Frances Hodgson Burnet’s novel because it brought back memories of elementary school when my teacher read this story to us. Read More…