Chinese Band: Hopscotch (跳房子)

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Tuesday, 1 September 2009 2 comments
乐队(band): 跳房子 Hopscotch专辑(album): A Wishful Way国家(country): China发行时间(release date): 2002Hopscotch are now seemingly defunct, however they were quite popular a few years ago. Hopscotch, were a 4 piece Wuhan band, based in Beijing. Their most popular song 'Wishful Way' is influenced by trip hop and indie music. It was the 15th most played song on Chinese radio when it was released and whilst her English isn't quite so smooth, the song is...

Daily Chinese Proverb: Knowledge

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This is a saying from Lao Zi's (老子), Dao De Jing (道德经). It follows on from my thoughts about silence yesterday.知者不言,言者不知zhì zhě bù yán, yán zhě bù zhīHe who knows doesnt speak, he who speaks doesnt know.-Lao...

31 Chinese Proverbs Hath August

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Here are the 31 Daily Chinese Proverbs I published and translated into English, Hanyu Pinyin and Mandarin during August. I have compiled the here for your ease.August 1st 从容不迫cóng róng bù pòTo be calm and unhurried August 2nd 大公无私dà gōng wú sīTo be fair and unselfish August 3rd 相见恨晚xiāng jiàn hèn wǎnRegret not knowing somebody before August 4th 实话实说shí huà shí shuō / shi2 hua4 shi2 sho1Tell the truth August 5th其乐无穷qí lè wú qióngAn endless...

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