by Cathy Chinese | Feb 19, 2023 | Articles
【Intro】 In this episode, Cindy and Cathy talked about the slang we use in Taiwan to describe those boys who break hearts???????????? 【Audio】 【Slangs in this episode】 暖男(nuǎn nán): a sweet guy Often, girls call a guy “暖男” because he’s neither good-looking nor...
by Cathy Chinese | Feb 17, 2023 | Articles
[Listen here] 哈囉大家好，歡迎來到CathyChinese, 我是Cathy. 今天要來和大家講講有關第一次見面時會用到的幾個中文句型。 第一次和陌生人見面時，除了名字之外，大部分會聊到的內容不外乎是工作和職業吧! 所以如果別人問你在哪裡工作的時候， Hello everyone, welcome to CathyChinese; I am Cathy. Today I want to talk to you about a few Chinese sentence patterns that will...
by Cathy Chinese | Dec 2, 2022 | Articles
Have you ever seen a person who seems to be gentle, but he’s just a dick? Learn this Chinese idiom to talk about people who are good on the outside but rotten inside! 衣冠禽獸(Yīguānqínshòu): A well-dressed beast. It is used to describe a seemingly educated person with...
by Cathy Chinese | Dec 2, 2022 | Articles
“Pretty girl hidden in golden house” sounds a bit scary because it reminds me of the story of Bluebeard. However, the context of using this Chinese idiom is rather specific. Learn to use this idiom to deliberately hint that a guy is having an affair with a younger...
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...