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Story · 1 min audio星期三的鱼School lunch: Wednesday’s fishEvery Wednesday the school lunch is fish, and I hate fish. The boy next to me loves it. The teacher thinks we both eat everything.HSK 1
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
Story · 1 min audio树上的风筝Flying a kite in Chinese: the kite in the treeDad says he was the best kite flyer in his village. Then the kite goes into a tree, and so does his shoe.HSK 3
Article · 1 min audio春晚是什么？What is the Spring Festival Gala (春晚)?Every New Year's Eve at 8 pm, hundreds of millions of TVs show the same thing. Everyone says it's worse than last year, and nobody turns it off.HSK 3
Article · 1 min audio倒茶的时候，为什么敲桌子？Chinese tea etiquette: why tap two fingers to say thanks?Every time I poured Grandpa's tea, he tapped the table and said nothing. I thought he wanted me to hurry up. He was saying thank you, and there's an emperor in the story.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio第一碗拉面How hand-pulled noodles are made: the apprentice's first bowlFor three months the boss only let me wash bowls. Today the shop is packed, a customer wants thin noodles, and I have to pull my first bowl.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio老板点的歌KTV in China: the boss picks the first songI practised a hard song all week for my first KTV night with the office. Everyone said the boss always picks the first song. They didn't say what it would be.HSK 2
Story · 2 min audio打错的电话The wrong number: a Sunday phone call in ChineseEvery Sunday at 8 pm, an old woman calls the wrong number. The third time, she admits she knows.HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio红色和白色在中国代表什么？What colours mean in China: red for luck, white for funeralsAnna writes her friend’s name on a birthday card in her best red pen. Her friend’s face falls.HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio饺子为什么像元宝？Why do Chinese dumplings look like gold ingots?Every New Year’s Eve, one dumpling hides a coin. And every year, somehow, Dad finds it.HSK 4
