Taiwanese Pop Group: Nán Quán Māmā (南拳妈妈)

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Monday, 12 October 2009 3 comments
乐队(band): 南拳妈妈 Nán Quán Māmā Nan Quan Mama国家(country): TaiwanNan Quan Mama are a Taiwanese pop group that are famous throughout Taiwan and China for their brand of C-pop / Mandopop that incorperates rapping and singing by different members. The guys all rap, whilst the choruses seem to be usually 'Lara' the female vocalist singing a catchy melody. Nan Quan Mama are also the official spokespeople for Motorola in Taiwan.It turns out past...

Preparing for Heisig: Remebering Simplified Hanzi

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I ordered Heisig's the 'Remembering the Simplified Hanzi' last week as you may know if you read my post about my excitement. Whilst learning with this method I am still going to be carrying on learning sentences from books and carrying on with Rosetta Stone (although I have been finding my progress in it rather slow recently.)I won't be doing much preparation before I start this method of learning the Hanzi. Though, I did hunt out the list...

Daily Chinese Proverb: Perseverance

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This Chinese proverb has come to mean all good things must first go through many trials and tribulations. It means that things that are good* are worth a struggle, and working towards. It is used especially in regards to love, and serves a reminder that perseverance through problems is a requirement of true love.*(whilst good is only a comparative statement contrasted by something being made bad, it serves its purpose here.)好事多磨hǎoshì...

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