With thousands of articles of different levels to choose from and new releases every weekday, it can be easy to suffer from decision paralysis when trying to choose a reading on Du Chinese. If you’re having trouble finding the best reading to practice Chinese, this blog will get you on the right track! Choosing a…
It would be easy to argue that the story of Mulan is universally known, especially in the English speaking world. This is due mostly to Disney’s 1998 adaptation, which was widely received and brought this classic Chinese folk tale to modern audiences. That being said, most people’s understanding of the story ends here, so where…
One of the many things that makes Chinese such a fascinating language to learn is the wealth of idioms, proverbs, and expressions that you’ll come across, many of which come directly from ancient literature. While digging into this side of Chinese might seem a bit overwhelming at first, the ancient historical novel “Romance of the…
The Battle of Red Cliffs is among the most famous conflicts in Chinese history. This battle marked the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period and would be immortalized in one of China’s four great classical novels, “Romance of the Three Kingdoms.”
The new HSK levels have been confirmed and there are going to be 9 levels! At first glance it looks to be more difficult, but we’re excited about this positive change. They’ve updated the words to be more useful for your everyday conversation and evened out the pace of the levels. That means you’re less…
We compiled this collection of HSK 4 reading practice lessons to give you an easy way to access the HSK 4 lessons that we have shared so far on our blog, as well as a few from our lessons page. We’ll update this list periodically as we add more. If you’d like to access all…
This collection of HSK reading practice based on your reading level will send you on your way to developing your Chinese reading skills. Each HSK level adds a number of Chinese characters and we’ve done our best to match these reading to what you should know for each level. These reading excerpts are all taken…
Goal setting is like a super power that will make you reach new heights when it comes to your Chinese language learning. We want you to be a Chinese super hero, so we’ve broken down how to set successful language learning goals in this post. Where are you at? Before you set your goals, it’s…
Try out this reading practice designed for HSK 4 learners. It’s about the most well known Chinese greeting word: Ni Hao. There is a lot of debate that happens online about whether this is actually the right way to say hello or not. In the example sentences below we’ll show you when it is and…
In this HSK 4 level reading practice you will learn some Chinese conversational phrases about going to the gym. Although going to the gym is more popular in western culture – the U.S. has about 10 times the gym members of China – you will still find gym goers in every major Chinese city. When…
