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Article · 2 min audio中国的龙为什么不喷火？What does the Chinese dragon mean?In western stories the dragon burns villages and is killed by a hero. In China people dance with it in the street. They are not the same animal at all.HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio纸是蔡伦发明的吗？Who invented paper? Cai Lun and the older paperA letter to the emperor so heavy two men had to carry it. Then a palace official made paper cheap. But was he really the first?HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio筷子最早是用来吃饭的吗？The history of chopsticksThe oldest chopsticks were probably for cooking, not eating. And their Chinese name comes from boatmen who were afraid of one word.HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio最后一单A day in the life of a delivery riderLunch rush, broken lifts, rain. Then, at nine at night, one last order for dumplings, and the address is his own home.HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio电梯里的四十分钟Stuck in the lift with the neighbourTwo years of silent lift rides. Then the lift stops dead at the twelfth floor, and the old man from upstairs asks: “The one who plays the piano at night, is that you?”HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio照片上的秀兰An old photo and a family secretAn old photo of Grandpa with a girl called Xiulan, Grandma's sister. Mum says never to mention it. Then Grandma sees the photo and laughs until she cries.HSK 4
Story · 2 min audio爷爷的收音机Grandpa's radioGrandpa's nine o'clock radio show goes silent for good. So his grandson secretly brings it back. Grandpa is delighted, and he isn't fooled for a minute.HSK 4
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
