New Phrases: Weeks, Months & Years

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Friday, 14 August 2009 0 comments
This is a quick post to help with your vocabulary when talking about things in time. This post relates to weeks, months and years. If you are wanting to talk about things in terms of Days please check my previous post.Months of the Year一月yī yuèJanuary二月èr yuèFebruary三月sān yuèMarch四月sì yuèApril五月wǔ yuèMay六月liù yuèJune七月qī yuèJuly八月bā yuèAugust九月jiǔ yuèSeptember十月shí yuèOctober十一月shí yī yuèNovember十二月shí èr yuèDecemberCommon Phrases: Weeks禮拜...
This is a quote that summarises, the importance of snap decisions. People with good judgement and experience usually have an edge over others as they know the right time to start and finish, to buy or sell, to plant or harvest. People that make these decisions see the opportunities in front of them and seize them.趁热 打铁 chèn rè dǎ tiěStrike Whilst The Iron is HotPhoto Source:Fli...

Chinese Pork Wonton Noodle Soup: Recipe

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Pork Wonton Noodle SoupServes 6In Mandarin, Wontons are called; 馄饨 húntún "irregularly shaped dumpling" and also popularly called 云吞 yúntūn "swallowing clouds" in both Mandarin and Cantonese. However the English word actually derives from the Cantonese word 雲吞 wàntān.Wontons are wonderfully wrapped in a silky wheat based sheet. This is a recipe I have heavily borrowed aspects from Phoebe over at Homemade Chinese Soups. I thank her for...

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