Blog Tag - Mandarin Monday
Although it was brought to China's southwestern Yunnan provinvce in the 1880s by French missionaries, coffee consumption in China didn't really take...
Some of us local Chinese and grizzled expat veterans of many a Mandarin class forget that a significant portion of the expat population recognizes...
Trick or Treat 不给糖就捣蛋 bù gěi táng jiù dǎodàn!
Boo! It's that time of year again! It's the time when spirits come out in their physical forms, for...
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.
We’ve already...
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节快 (Zhōngqiū Jié), the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, which is when the moon is at its roundest and brightest,...
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.
Apartment hunting...
We here at the Beijinger love to sink our teeth into a juicy steak cooked just the way we like it. However, sometimes getting it cooked the way you...
With our recent announcement of our first-ever River BBQ Fest, it's the perfect time to brush up on your Chinese vocab for all things barbecue! In...
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.
Learning Chinese...
English has long padded out its vocabulary by adopting so-called "loan words" from other languages, or as fiction reviewer James Nicoll put it, our...
![Mandarin Monday: "It’s so Hot I Don't Recognize My Parents" and 24 Other Ways to Complain About the Heat](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/394868/weixin_image_20250716145653.jpg "Mandarin Monday: "It’s so Hot I Don't Recognize My Parents" and 24 Other Ways to Complain About the Heat")
We're in the midst of summer here in Beijing, and if you're looking for ways to say, “Blimey, it's hot!” in Chinese, then this post is for you!...
Summer (夏天 xiàtiān) in Beijing is nothing short of intense. But with the right gear, the right mindset, and the right Mandarin, you can make the most...
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.
In China, a land...
Mandarin Monday is a regular series where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun and practical phrases and characters.
It’s getting hot...
Living in China, chances are that you've acquired a couple of super-useful phrases that just don't quite translate into your native tongue. As...
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