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Do you believe in love at first sight? Or do you believe that love is “a temporary insanity curable by marriage”? No matter which side you fall on, you should probably know this chengyu: 一见钟情(yí jiàn zhōng qíng). 一见钟情 (yí jiàn zhōng qíng) means “love at first sight.” It’s generally used for people, but you can also [...]
Have you ever been talked into buying something you didn’t want? Or doing something you didn’t want to do? Then you probably know what it’s like to be smooth talked with 花言巧语 (huā yán qiǎo yǔ). 花言巧语 (huā yán qiǎo yǔ) refers to words that sound nice but are deceiving and artful. Literally, it means “flowery [...]
Have you heard this love story before? Two strangers work and live near each other. They’re perfect for each other, but as fate has it, they keep barely missing each other until one moment where they magically meet each other and fall in love. It turns out there is a chengyu that’s perfect for this [...]
What is this “Singles Day” business? In 2 days, single Chinese people will be celebrating their singleness together on “Singles Day” – 光棍节 (guāng gùn jié). November 11 (11/11) has been unofficially designated as Singles Day because it appears as 4 “1″s. 光棍 (guāng gùn) generally means bachelor but literally means “bare stick,” making the name [...]
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