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Article · 1 min audio我们都到了却没见面Same Place Different DoorTwo friends are both at the shopping mall, yet neither can see the other. A few more precise words solve a familiar meeting-point problem.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio狐假虎威The fox and the tiger: borrowing a tiger’s powerA tiger catches a fox for lunch. The fox has one trick left: take a walk together and see who the animals run from.HSK 3
Story · 2 min audio井底之蛙The frog in the well: the frog who had never seen the seaA frog thinks its broken old well is the best place in the world. Then a sea turtle tries to come in for a visit.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio孔融让梨Kong Rong and the pears: the boy who took the smallest oneSeven brothers, one plate of pears. The four-year-old reaches past all the big ones.HSK 3
Story · 2 min audio曹冲称象How Cao Chong weighed an elephantCao Cao is given an elephant and wants to know how heavy it is. Nobody has a scale that big, except, it turns out, a small boy with a boat.HSK 3
Story · 2 min audio愚公移山The foolish old man who moved the mountainsTwo huge mountains block an old man’s front door. He is nearly ninety, and he decides to dig them away.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio司马光砸缸Sima Guang smashes the water jarA boy falls into a giant water jar and everyone else runs. Seven-year-old Sima Guang picks up a rock.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio刻舟求剑Marking the boat to find a lost swordA man drops his favourite sword into a river. No problem: he makes a mark on the boat where it fell.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio拔苗助长Pulling up seedlings to help them growA farmer thinks his crop is growing too slowly. So he spends a whole day helping it.HSK 3
Story · 2 min audio年兽来了The legend of Nian, the Chinese New Year monsterEvery New Year's Eve a monster came out of the sea to eat the village. One night an old man stayed behind, and that is why New Year is red and loud.HSK 3
Article · 1 min audio中国人为什么喜欢数字八？Why is 8 a lucky number in China?One phone number cost an airline 2.33 million yuan. The Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm. Here is why China loves the number 8.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio公园里的象棋Chinese chess in the park: the crowd that plays for youThe sign on the tree says: watch the game, keep quiet. Nobody does. Today a beginner sits down against the best player in the park, and ten old men play for him.HSK 3
