{"id":181332,"date":"2012-09-06T03:42:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-06T07:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/top-chengyus-fluentu-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T10:00:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:00:51","slug":"top-chengyus-fluentu-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/top-chengyus-fluentu-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 Chengyus to Describe FluentU Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are currently reading this, no doubt you have already signed up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FluentU beta<\/a> (and if not, then stop reading and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><p><strong>FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Check out the website or download <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fluentu-learn-language-videos\/id917892175\">the iOS app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.fluentflix.fluentu&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\">Android app.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><i><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P.S. Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/NativeAd-Chinese.jpg\" alt=\"FluentU Ad\" \/>\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n    <button class=\"btn-blue\" style=\"border: none;font-size: 18px;text-align: center;padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;cursor: pointer\">\r\n      Try FluentU for FREE!\r\n    <\/button>\r\n  <\/p>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After months of humbly blogging away while quietly designing and building our buttery-smooth video engine featuring the web&#8217;s best authentic Chinese content, it has been a hectic few weeks welcoming hundreds of new users, while happily reading the awesome feedback\u00a0pouring in from around the web.<\/p>\n<p>Staying true to our Chinese-geek roots, amid all the excitement, <strong>we couldn&#8217;t help but think of the perfect chengyus to describe our current status.<\/strong>\u00a0As always, we found three we think aptly capture our recent emotions.<\/p>\n<p>[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>1. \u522b\u51fa\u5fc3\u88c1 <em>(bi\u00e9 ch\u016b x\u012bn c\u00e1i)<\/em> \u2014 Original Approach<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chengyu components:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u522b<\/strong><em> (bi\u00e9) <\/em>\u2014 other, another<br \/>\n<strong>\u51fa<\/strong><em> (ch\u016b) <\/em>\u2014\u00a0out, come out<br \/>\n<strong>\u5fc3\u88c1<\/strong> <em>(x\u012bn c\u00e1i) <\/em>\u2014\u00a0idea, conception<\/p>\n<p><strong>This idiom means to take an original, unique approach when tackling a problem. It has artistic connotations, emphasizing creativity and originality.<\/strong> To depart from established practice when approaching a problem, somebody who <strong>\u522b\u51fa\u5fc3\u88c1<\/strong> will find an ingenious method or solution.<\/p>\n<p>As many of our users have noted, the very simple, yet profound idea of using fun, authentic Chinese content as the foundation for studying Chinese is quite original!<\/p>\n<p>Example A:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u7d22\u5c3c\u7231\u7acb\u4fe1\u7684\u624b\u673a\u5411\u6765\u5728\u5916\u5f62\u8bbe\u8ba1\u4e0a\u522b\u51fa\u5fc3\u88c1\uff0c\u5176\u72ec\u7279\u7684\u65f6\u5c1a\u6c14\u8d28\u5927\u53d7\u5e74\u8f7b\u4eba\u7684\u6b22\u8fce\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>(su\u01d2 n\u00ed \u00e0i l\u00ec x\u00ecn de sh\u01d2u j\u012b xi\u00e0ng l\u00e1i z\u00e0i w\u00e0i x\u00edng sh\u00e8 j\u00ec sh\u00e0ng bi\u00e9 ch\u016b x\u012bn c\u00e1i, q\u00ed d\u00fa t\u00e8 de sh\u00ed sh\u00e0ng q\u00ec zh\u00ed d\u00e0 sh\u00f2u ni\u00e1n q\u012bng r\u00e9n de hu\u0101n y\u00edng.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sony Ericsson phones have always used an original approach in their design, their unique and fashionable style has been popular with the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Example B:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u5e08\u751f\u522b\u51fa\u5fc3\u88c1\u7528\u82f1\u8bed\u5531\u79e6\u8154 \u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u90fd\u80fd\u542c\u61c2\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>(sh\u012b sh\u0113ng bi\u00e9 ch\u016b x\u012bn c\u00e1i y\u00f2ng y\u012bng y\u01d4 ch\u00e0ng q\u00edn qi\u0101ng w\u00e0i gu\u00f3 r\u00e9n d\u014du n\u00e9ng t\u012bng d\u01d2ng.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Teacher and students take an original approach, sing Shaanxi Opera in English, foreigners can understand.<\/p>\n<h2>2.<strong> \u51b0\u5c71\u4e00\u89d2<\/strong> <em>(b\u012bng sh\u0101n y\u012b ji\u01ceo)<\/em> \u2014 Tip of the Iceberg<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chengyu components:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u51b0\u5c71<\/strong> <em>(b\u012bng sh\u0101n) <\/em>\u2014\u00a0iceberg<br \/>\n<strong>\u4e00\u89d2<\/strong> <em>(y\u012b ji\u01ceo) <\/em>\u2014 one corner, a corner of<\/p>\n<p>This idiom (or <strong>\u4fd7\u8bed <\/strong>\u2014 <em>s\u00fa y\u01d4 <\/em>\u2014 saying) can be directly translated as &#8220;tip of the iceberg.&#8221; <strong>As in English, this means to have only a small part of a larger whole showing, indicating there is much more to be discovered.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With so many more features to introduce\u2014from SRS vocab review, more intuitive video recommendations, to hyper-personalized learning experiences\u2014we&#8217;re just getting started. It starts with providing the best video-based Chinese learning experience, but the possibilities for this concept are great! This is just the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Example A:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>\u201c\u5317\u5927\u4e11\u95fb\u201d\u53ea\u662f\u51b0\u5c71\u4e00\u89d2\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>(\u201cb\u011bi d\u00e0 ch\u01d2u w\u00e9n\u201d zh\u01d0 sh\u00ec b\u012bng sh\u0101n y\u012b ji\u01ceo?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Could this &#8220;Beijing University scandal&#8221; just be the tip of the iceberg?<\/p>\n<p>Example B:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>\u5bf9\u4e8e\u6df1\u5733\u697c\u5e02\u672a\u6765\u5e9e\u5927\u7684\u65e7\u6539\u9879\u76ee\u800c\u8a00\uff0c\u8fd9\u8fd8\u53ea\u662f\u51b0\u5c71\u4e00\u89d2\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><em>(du\u00ec y\u00fa sh\u0113n zh\u00e8n l\u00f3u sh\u00ec w\u00e8i l\u00e1i p\u00e1ng d\u00e0 de ji\u00f9 g\u01cei xi\u00e0ng m\u00f9 \u00e9r y\u00e1n, zh\u00e8 h\u00e1i zh\u01d0 sh\u00ec b\u012bng sh\u0101n y\u012b ji\u01ceo?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">As for this Shenzhen property market redevelopment project, is this only the tip of the iceberg?<\/p>\n<h2>3. <strong>\u62ed\u76ee\u4ee5\u5f85<\/strong> <em>(sh\u00ec m\u00f9 y\u01d0 d\u00e0i)<\/em> \u2014 To Eaglery Await the Result<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chengyu components:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u62ed<\/strong> <em>(sh\u00ec)<\/em> \u2014 wipe<br \/>\n<strong>\u76ee<\/strong><em> (m\u00f9) <\/em>\u2014\u00a0eyes<br \/>\n<strong>\u4ee5<\/strong> <em>(y\u01d0) <\/em>\u2014 preposition meaning \u201cso,&#8221; \u201cin order to\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u5f85<\/strong> <em>(d\u00e0i) <\/em>\u2014 wait, stay<\/p>\n<p>Ok, before we get ahead of ourselves, let&#8217;s try a more modest one. Literally to &#8220;rub eyes and wait,&#8221; <strong>this chengyu means to &#8220;eagerly await the result.&#8221;<\/strong> Although we are off to a good start, FluentU is still a brand-new product from a new, ambitious team.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you are still a bit skeptical and don&#8217;t want to try a new product quite yet, and would rather give us some more time to prove ourselves before trying it out. Great! If this is your attitude, you can say you prefer not to <strong>\u8d8b\u65b0\u6c42\u5f02<\/strong> (<em>q\u016b x\u012bn qi\u00fa y\u00ec<\/em> \u2014 pursue that which is new and different), but would rather <strong>\u62ed\u76ee\u4ee5\u5f85<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Example A:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u62ed\u76ee\u4ee5\u5f85\uff1a2015\u5e74\u767d\u5149LED\u6210\u672c\u964d\u4f4e80%\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>(sh\u00ec m\u00f9 y\u01d0 d\u00e0i: 2015 ni\u00e1n b\u00e1i gu\u0101ng LED ch\u00e9ng b\u011bn ji\u00e0ng d\u012b 80%.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Worth looking forward to: By 2015, the costs of LED technology will decrease by 80%<\/p>\n<p>Example B:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u62ed\u76ee\u4ee5\u5f85 2012\u7b2c\u4e03\u5c4a\u5c71\u4e1c\u5de5\u4e1a\u88c5\u5907\u5c55\u5373\u5c06\u767b\u573a\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>(sh\u00ec m\u00f9 y\u01d0 d\u00e0i 2012 d\u00ec q\u012b ji\u00e8 sh\u0101n d\u014dng g\u014dng y\u00e8 zhu\u0101ng b\u00e8i zh\u01cen j\u00ed ji\u0101ng d\u0113ng ch\u01ceng.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Looking forward to the 2012 7th Shandong Industrial Equipment Exhibition&#8217;s coming debut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for celebrating FluentU&#8217;s launch with us! With these three chengyus, you can now better express your feelings toward certain events or experiences.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><h2>And One More Thing...<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nIf you want to continue learning Chinese with interactive and authentic Chinese content, <a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">then you'll love FluentU<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFluentU naturally eases you into learning Chinese language. Native Chinese content comes within reach, and you'll learn Chinese as it's spoken in real life.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFluentU has a wide range of contemporary videos\u2014like dramas, TV shows, commercials and music videos.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_12840\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12840\" class=\" wp-image-12840 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chinese-5.png\" alt=\"learn-mandarin-chinese-with-videos\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FluentU App Browse Screen<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>FluentU brings these native Chinese videos within reach via interactive captions.<\/strong> You can tap on any word to instantly look it up. All words have carefully written definitions and examples that will help you understand how a word is used. Tap to add words you'd like to review to a vocab list.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_12843\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12843\" class=\"wp-image-12843 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chinese-6.png\" alt=\"learn-mandarin-chinese-with-subtitled-song-and-music-videos\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Transcripts on FluentU<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>\r\nFluentU's <strong>Learn Mode<\/strong> turns every video into a language learning lesson. You can always swipe left or right to see more examples for the word you're learning.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_12844\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12844\" class=\"wp-image-12844 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chinese-7.png\" alt=\"practice-mandarin-chinese-with-adaptive-quizzes\" width=\"320\" height=\"568\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/chinese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FluentU Has Quizzes for Every Video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>\r\nThe best part is that FluentU always keeps track of your vocabulary. It customizes quizzes to focus on areas that need attention and reminds you when it\u2019s time to review what you\u2019ve learned. <strong> You have a 100% personalized experience. <\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nStart using the FluentU website on your computer or tablet or, better yet, download the FluentU app from the iTunes or Google Play store. <a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)<\/a>\r\n<\/p> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are currently reading this, no doubt you have already signed up for FluentU beta (and if not, then stop reading and\u00a0go!) 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