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Essential Chengyu: A great word for tenacity and effort – 千方百计

By on August 31, 2011 in Essential Chengyu

Today we cover a chengyu that is a great word for conveying tenacity and effort: 千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì). The next time you want to tell your Chinese client / professor / S.O. the great lengths you went for the  project / homework / anniversary, you can use 千方百计. 千方百计 basically means “to think of or employ all [...]

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Essential Chengyu: The best way to learn Chinese? 破釜沉舟(sink your boats)！

By on August 30, 2011 in Essential Chengyu

For our second post in our series on Need to Know Chengyu (Chinese idiomatic expressions usually 4 characters long), we will be covering a chengyu that is near and dear to our entrepreneurial and Chinese learning hearts: 破釜沉舟 (pòfǔchénzhōu). The next time you want to express your resolve and determination to study Chinese, instead of [...]

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Essential Chengyu: Are Chengyu Key to Becoming Fluent? 理所当然了!

By on August 28, 2011 in Essential Chengyu

To kick off our blog, we’re doing a series of articles to help Chinese learners master the most commonly used chengyu( 成语), which are idiomatic expressions consisting of 4 characters. Though they’re usually only 4 characters long, they carry a wealth of meaning and are key to becoming truly fluent in Chinese! If you are [...]

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