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New HSK Test 3.0 Grammar Band 2

In March 2021, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China released the new Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. The new standards have been officially implemented on July 1, 2021. HSK Official has announced that the new HSK test 3.0 will be divided into three levels and nine bands. Lists […]

New HSK Test 3.0 Vocabulary Band 2

In March 2021, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China released the new Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. The new standards have been officially implemented on July 1, 2021. HSK Official has announced that the new HSK test 3.0 will be divided into three levels and nine bands. Lists […]

New HSK Test 3.0 Vocabulary Band 1

In March 2021, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China released the new Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. The new standards have been officially implemented on July 1, 2021. HSK Official has announced that the new HSK test 3.0 will be divided into three levels and nine bands. Lists […]

New HSK Test 3.0 Grammar Band 1

In March 2021, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China released the new Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for International Chinese Language Education. The new standards have been officially implemented on July 1, 2021. HSK Official has announced that the new HSK test 3.0 will be divided into three levels and nine bands. Lists […]

Two species made by the Celestials and their names in Chinese

The Celestials made the Eternals and the Deviants. The Deviants and the Eternals are, no pun intended, eternally linked. Millions of years ago, the god-like and immortal Celestials came to Earth 616. At this point, humanity was only in its early hominid stage. The Celestials experimented on these early proto-humans, and they created three new […]

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Chinese

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, often shortened to Hogwarts, was the British wizarding school, located in the Scottish Highlands. It accepted magical students from Great Britain and Ireland for enrollment. It was a state-owned school, funded by the Ministry of Magic. Hogwarts was founded around 990 A.D. by four of the greatest wizards and […]

Top 5 Free Resources to Learn Chinese in 2021 and 2022

Language is one of the most complex skills that human beings can acquire. This statement is more accurate about learning the Chinese language for an adult person. Though children have innate abilities, they need social context to learn a language. Adults also can learn a second language quickly with social context and three main actions- […]

Five Kleshas (Mental States ) in Chinese Buddhism

Kleshas, in Buddhism, are mental states that cloud the mind and manifest in unwholesome actions. Kleshas include states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, depression, etc. In the Mahayana tradition, the five main kleshas are referred to as the five poisons. The five poisons consist of the three poisons (attachment, aversion, and […]

Animals, Fruits, and Foods in Namewee & Kimberley Chen’s “Fragile Glass Hearts”

Malaysian singer-rapper Namewee’s latest song “Fragile Glass Hearts (Fragile 玻璃心)” with Australian singer Kimberley Chen has resulted in them getting banned from various Chinese platforms. “Fragile Glass Hearts” presents itself in a cutesy pink themed video. However, the lyrics and props in the background paint a very different picture. In this series, we focus on […]

The World’s Top Universities and Their Names in Chinese (Part 2)

You can learn Chinese in the top universities, and you know their Chinese names. One of the Chinese programs provided by Harvard Division of Continuing Education “Harvard Beijing Academy” move to Taipei. Do you know what university in Taipei? And how to to express their name in Chinese? You can also read posts on Facebook, […]