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Year of Dragon 2012 – long nian- symbolic meaning of dragon in Chinese culture, idiom ye gong hao long, proverb 望子成龙，望女成风 wang zi cheng long, wang nv cheng feng, dragon dance and Heirs of dragon song, Puff the magic dragon the Irish Rovers

Posted on 01/21/2012 by Chinesetolearn

According to the Chinese zodiac, the Year of 2012 is the Year of Dragon which will start on January 23, 2012 and end on February 9, 2013. Dragon is the fifth sign in the Chinese Zodiac, and it is the … Continue reading →

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Learn Mandarin How to say ” He is a person who has an iron fist in a velvet glove” in Chinese: 他是个外圆内方的人。Ta1 shi4 ge5 wai4 yuan2 nei4 fang1 de5 ren2. phrases: 有棱有角 you3 ling2 you3 jiao3, literally 从字面上 cong2 zi4 mian4 shang4, literally, 原则 yuan2 ze2 principle Stoney LaRue – Velvet

Posted on 01/20/2012 by Chinesetolearn

[audio:http://www.chinesetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/listen-to-sentence4.mp3|titles=listen to sentence] How to say ” He is a person with an iron fist in a velvet glove” in Chinese: 他是个外圆内方的人。Ta1 shi4 ge5 wai4 yuan2 nei4 fang1 de5 ren2. Ta1 (他 pronoun, he) shi4 (是verb, is) ge5 (个 measure … Continue reading →

Posted in English song, One Chinese sentence a day | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Learn Mandarin How to say ” He is a person who has an iron fist in a velvet glove” in Chinese: 他是个外圆内方的人。Ta1 shi4 ge5 wai4 yuan2 nei4 fang1 de5 ren2. phrases: 有棱有角 you3 ling2 you3 jiao3, literally 从字面上 cong2 zi4 mian4 shang4, literally, 原则 yuan2 ze2 principle Stoney LaRue – Velvet