by Colin Goh | Feb 24, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Diversity, Education, Events, Home, Kung Fu, Language, 功夫
Introducing 5 amazing women in Chinese legend and literature for International Women’s Day! Some like to characterize Chinese culture as being supremely patriarchal and 重男轻女 (zhòng nán qīng nǚ, meaning to favour sons over daughters), yet Chinese history, legend...
by Colin Goh | Feb 9, 2023 | Bilingual, Blog, Chengyu, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Diversity, Drawing, Education, Events, Global Competence, Language, Reading
What Chinese idioms can I use for Valentine’s Day? February 14th is Saint Valentine’s Day, which in Chinese is the much more transparent 情人节 (Qíngrén jié), as it translates to “Lover’s Festival”. It should be called...
by Colin Goh | Dec 28, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chengyu, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Creativity, Events, Home, Language
Are you looking for Chinese New Year greetings for the Year of the Rabbit that are a little funkier than traditional ones like 恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái: Wishing you prosperity) or 新年快乐 (xīnnián kuàilè: Happy new year)? You’ve come to the right place! DON’T BE...
by Colin Goh | Sep 4, 2022 | Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Drawing, Education, Events, Food, Imagination, Language
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐！ (Zhōngqiū jié kuàilè) The Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 (Zhōngqiū jié) is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. It’s called “Mid-Autumn” because it is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month...
by Ching | Jul 29, 2022 | Chinese Culture, Bilingual, Blog, Chinese, Education
To celebrate Singapore’s National Day, we’ve come up with a quiz on Singapore’s distinct strain of Mandarin Chinese, which we call 新加坡华语 (Xīnjiāpō Huáyǔ). It’s pretty similar to mainland China’s 普通话(Pǔtōnghuà) and Taiwan’s 國語...
by Woo Yen Yen | Jul 22, 2022 | Creativity, Bilingual, Blog, Child Development, Chinese, Chinese Culture, Chinese Traditions, Comics, Drawing, Education, Imagination, Language, Parenting, Yen Yen
There are so many Chinese learning resources out there – how do we choose? It’s important to know what you’re getting because it’s such an investment of time and money. The worst situation is to pay for something that’s not used. We...
