How often do you claim that you need something when it’s merely something that you want?
Don’t worry, you’re not the only one.
People confuse their wants with their needs all the time. While humans really only need food, water, …
Remember when learning body parts was as simple as singing, “head, shoulders, knees and toes?”
Songs are extremely useful when it comes to learning a language. I only wish that my teacher had used the Chinese version of the song …
If you were your own mother, what would you name yourself?
Whether you like your birth name or not, there’s not much you can do to change it.
But let’s be honest—getting to name yourself would be pretty cool!
Fortunately, …
Māmā qímǎ. Mǎ màn. Māmā mà mǎ.
Huh?
Despite looking near-incomprehensible at first glance, these are indeed grammatically correct, while tongue-twisting, Mandarin sentences.
Chinese is often hailed as one of the most difficult languages to learn, with all of its …
Imagine being lost in a busy city like Beijing.
Now, imagine being lost in a busy city like Beijing without knowing how to ask for directions in Chinese.
What a nightmare, right?
Getting lost in Beijing might not be …
Have you been feeling down in the dumps lately?
Life can be pretty rough at times, which can make it hard for us to remain positive 100% of the time.
But as the saying goes, “When the going gets tough, …
Serendipity. Ethereal. Limerence.
These are just a handful of the most beautiful words in the English language.
What deems a word beautiful? Is it the way it rolls off your tongue?
What about the word pulchritudinous?
It doesn’t exactly …
