Elementary Chinese Resourses (HSK1-3)
1. What is Elementary Chinese? According to the Proficiency Levels (2021 Standard), Elementary Chinese includes HSK1, HSK2, and HSK3, which cover 2245 words, 900 characters, 210 grammar rules, and 608…
ATTRIBUTIVES
ATTRIBUTIVES are words or expressions used to qualify nouns. They can be used to either describe or delimit nuns. In Chinese language, nouns, nominal phrases, verbs, verbal phrases adjectives and adjectival phrases can be…
THE COMPLEMENT OF POSIBILITY
THE COMPLEMENT OF POSIBILITY indicates the possibility or potentiality of an action. Pattern : Verb + 得(dé)/(/)不(bù) + complement of result/ directional complement The complement of result and the directional complement can…
How long does it take to learn Mandarin Chinese?
This table is a Chinese learning progress benchmark, so you can know through immersion learning and deliberate practice, how long it'll take to reach a certain level of Chinese. Levels…
Advanced Chinese: Three ways to use Chinese Homophonic puns
Three ways to use Chinese Homophonic puns Zhōngwén xiéyīn de sān zhǒng yòngfǎ 中文谐音的三种用法 Three ways to use Chinese Homophonic puns Hello,大家好!欢迎来到Marco Polo Mandarin。 Hello, dàjiā hǎo! Huānyíng lái dào…
Chinese grammar: THE COMPLEMENT OF QUANTITY
In Chinese, a numeral-measure word is usually placed after a verb to indicate the quantity of an object, which is similar to English. However, in English a measure word is not…
Chinese grammar: THE MODAL COMPLEMENT
THE MODAL COMPLEMENT is used to describe or evaluate the state of an action or behavior. Pattern one: Verb + 得(de) + adv. + adj. Example: 你今天穿得很漂亮啊。 Nǐ jīntiān chuān de…
Advanced Chinese: 14 Chinese idioms about Love
高级中文课：14个关于爱情的成语 Advanced Chinese：14 Chinese idioms about Love 大家好, Dàjiā hǎo, Hello everyone, 欢迎来到Marco Polo Mandarin! Huānyíng lái dào Marco Polo Mandarin! Welcome to Marco Polo Mandarin! 我是中文老师Becky. Wǒ shì zhōngwén…
HSK6成语：得天独厚
得天独厚 Détiāndúhòu 天：天然，自然 厚：好 意思：天然的条件特别好。指所在的环境条件很好，也指人的天赋、机遇非常好。 他父母都是音乐家，为他成为歌手创造了得天独厚的家庭环境。 桂林得天独厚的秀美风景，使之逐渐发展成了中外有名的旅游胜地。 他从小就对数字特别敏感，有做数学家的得天独厚的条件。
HSK6成语：得不偿失
得不偿失 Débùchángshī 得：得到 偿：抵得上 成语的意思：得到的不能抵偿损失的，也就是失去的比得到的多。 为了减肥而饿坏自己是得不偿失的。 免费的东西往往是最贵的，所以不要老想占人家小便宜，小心会得不偿失。 公司决定降低员工工资，结果很多好员工都走了，真是得不偿失。