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Bai3 Fa1 Bai3 Zhong4

The idiom Bai3 Fa1 Bai3 Zhong4 is a Chinese version of “A Hundred Shots, a Hundred Bull’s Eyes” . Here is a story of where it came from. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), there was an expert archer in the state of Chu named Yang Youji. To test his skill, a person [...]

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ban1 men2 nong4 fu3

, (traditional, Pinyin ban1 men2 nong4 fu3)?literally means brandishing an axe at Ban’s gate. People use it to describe someone who shows off his inferior talent or skill in front of an expert. Do not teach fish to swim is another way to put it Ban, is an abbreviation of Lu Ban. He was a [...]

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Shanghai Dialect

Shanghai dialect is a dialect spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region. Shanghainese, like other Wu dialects, is largely not mutually intelligible with other Chinese dialects such as Standard Mandarin. The term "Shanghainese" in English sometimes refers to all Wu Chinese dialects. It is only partially intelligible with other subbranches of the [...]

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