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Story · 3 min audio牛郎织女The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl: the story behind QixiA cowherd with nothing but an old ox. A weaver girl from heaven. A river of stars between them, and one night a year to cross it.HSK 4
Article · 2 min audio广场舞为什么这么火？Why do Chinese aunties dance in public squares?After dinner, the music starts downstairs. Dozens of aunties, one small speaker, every step in time. Upstairs, not everyone is dancing.HSK 5
Article · 2 min audio双十一是怎么来的？Where did Singles Day come from?Four 1s in a row. A joke among single students in Nanjing that grew into China’s biggest shopping festival.HSK 4
Story · 3 min audio木兰从军The real story of MulanA girl at her loom. Her father’s name on every army list. Twelve years at war, and no one guesses.HSK 5
Article · 3 min audio在太空能看见长城吗？Can you see the Great Wall of China from space?A famous fact, older than spaceflight itself. Then China’s first astronaut went up, looked down, and didn’t see it.HSK 6
Article · 3 min audio汉字没有字母，中国人怎么打字？How do Chinese people type without an alphabet?Thousands of characters. The same twenty-six keys as English. How Chinese gets typed, looked up and put in order, and why so many people forget how to write it by hand.HSK 6
Story · 1 min audio怎么吃火锅How to eat hot pot in ChinaA first night in Chengdu. One boast before he sits down. And a “mild” that is not mild at all.HSK 3
Article · 3 min audio世界上的“茶”为什么有两种叫法？Cha or tea? Why the world has two words for teaA latte whose name says “tea” twice. One Chinese character, two sounds, and the trade routes that carried them round the world.
Story · 1 min audio谁爱吃茄子Who Likes EggplantA new couple keeps buying eggplant for each other. Neither can understand why dinner is becoming such hard work.HSK 3
Article · 1 min audio没听懂也能接着聊When You Miss Most of the SentenceWhat can you say when you understood only one word? Four small conversational moves let the other person help you.HSK 3
Story · 1 min audio最安静的地方The Quietest PlaceWith an online job interview about to begin and drills on every side, Chen Yi finds one quiet place. Unfortunately, it keeps moving.HSK 4
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
