by Cathy Chinese | Dec 2, 2022 | Articles
A part of our identity can be the product of others’ influence. Learn to use this idiom when you observe a person is influenced by his/her family. 耳濡目染 (ěr rú mù rǎn): means often heard, seen, and thus profoundly affected unconsciously. Equivalent in...
by Cathy Chinese | Nov 30, 2022 | Articles
There are moments in life when you are forced to listen to people complaining. But you can let those words pass through your ears, not your mind. This is what the expression of today is about: 聽聽就好! 聽聽就好(tīng tīng jiù hǎo): to not take one’s word to heart, to ignore...
by Cathy Chinese | Nov 30, 2022 | Articles
I just finished an online class with my Japanese tutor; it was a lot of fun, as always. We did the online tour of a vast forest park in Kobe city, and when we were going to finish the call, I wanted to tell him to be careful on the way back home since he drove 15...