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My Chinese tutor has been having some trouble with squirrels lately, but is it really their fault? Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

I like Christmas time, but there can be complications. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

To learn how to become a Fun Learning Chinese Firecracker member and thus get access to the diagrammed translations, including pronunciation in bopomofo and pinyin, go to funlearningchinese.com If you are already a member, to see this translation, go to  The Squirrels Hold a Meeting 松鼠開會 in Chinese

Both weight loss and math can seem mysterious at times. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

My Chinese tutor is very concerned about me being hungry. No matter what time of day I go for a lesson, no matter if I tell her I have just eaten, and even if I tell her I’m bringing my own lunch, she prepares some food for me. So one week, I did the only thing left for me to do. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Lea...

This 5 sentence guide to life is full of not only encouragement, but also a lot of useful Chinese vocabulary. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

You can probably figure out how to change your Facebook profile to Chinese, but changing it back to your native language could be a challenge. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

Here is a look at what might happen if you forget to set your alarm. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

My husband is an adventurer and he likes to fish. Seriously, I’m glad that he has the chance to go off into the wild and I know he is experienced and smart about being out there. Still, I like to express my concerns. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

During the summer, you almost certainly need to say some things about mosquitoes! Where are the mosquitoes? What should you wear? And, very importantly, should you slap a mosquito when it lands on another person??!! Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !  

Baby goats (kids) are very interesting to me right now, since I just brought two home. Whether you have goats or not, I think you will be entertained by learning how to say things like fur, rubber nipple, and breed in Chinese. Oh, and Cream Puff. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !  

When is soon too fast? Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

My husband runs quite a bit faster than I do. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !  

I had a rather horrific and surreal freeway experience on my way to my Chinese lesson a couple of weeks ago.  Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !    

My Chinese tutor wrote a classic Chinese poem just for me. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

It began when we were discussing having enough time. Then my Chinese tutor asked me an interesting question. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

More on why 打 can be such a fun character - Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

Perhaps you have already picked up on why a “hand particle” would be part of the character 打? Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

 When my Chinese tutor was a young girl, the school children had a particular joke when learning about Confucius. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

You may have heard that there is no direct translation for “yes” and “no” in Chinese. The word “ available” is similar. There is no Chinese equivalent. In fact, my Chinese tutor told me it was challenging for her to understand the English word “available,” because it seems rather vague and is used in ways that don’t seem connected from a Chinese viewpoint. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up f...

 In English, there is a common saying “Methinks thou dost protest too much.”   There is a similar saying in Chinese that is common after listening to politicians. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

Who is Deshun Wang? Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !    

We all use words that approximate or hint at counting, but these words are not precise or accurate. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !  

There is not one fits-all way to say "figure it out" in Chinese. Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !

The Chinese word and character  一 (yī) is one of the first that people learn, and for good reason. My dictionary devotes about 6 pages of words made with it.  Visit funlearningchinese.com to sign up for FLC Firecracker Newsflash emails and get your 21 Very Helpful Hints for Learning to Speak Chinese !