Chinese Autumn Begins Today

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Friday, 7 August 2009 0 comments
Today marks the Beginning of Autumn 秋天 (qiūtiān), the 13th seasonal division on the traditional Chinese calendar. From a meteorological point of view, it symbolizes that the hot summer is about to end and cool autumn breezes will soon be blowing.There are 24 seasonal division points by which the solar year is divided under the traditional Chinese astrological calendar. The Beginning of Autumn has been treated as a very important point since...

Daily Chinese Proverb: Failure

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"Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up."失败不是倒下,但拒绝起床。shībài bùshì dǎoxià dàn jùjué qǐchuángshi1 bai4 bu4 shi4 da3 xia4 dan4 ju4 jue2 qi3 chaung2Photo Source: Fli...

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