-Learn Chinese numbers and gestures -
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1 = 一　(yī)
2 = 二　(èr)
3 = 三　(sān)
4 = 四　(sì)
5 = 五　(wŭ)
6 = 六　(lìu)
7 = 七　(qī)
8 = 八　(bā)
9 = 九　(jĭu)
10 = 十　(shí)
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Address by the President of IPC at the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
国际残奥委会主席菲利普－克雷文闭幕致辞
Artists perform in the program “A Letter to the Future” during the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing on September 17, 2008.
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中秋节 Zhong Qiu Jie
Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival
This Sunday, September 14 will be the lunar calendar Mid-Autumn Festival in Chinese tradition. There are many classic poems about the moon from Chinese poets for thousands of years. Do you know which is the most popular one? I’ll let you know following a brief intriduction about the festival. […]

Jìng yè sī 静夜思 (In a Quiet Night), a classical Chinese poem composed by Tang poet Li Bo, creates a beautiful moonlight picture in your mind. The moon is always a poetic source in Chinese literature all the time, the moon festival is another evidence too. When you have departed from home for a long […]

Dēng Guàn-què-lóu 登鹳雀楼 At Heron Lodge
王之涣Wang Zhihuan (Tang)
bái rì yī shān jìn
白 日 依 山 尽，
huáng hé rù hǎi liú
黄 河 入 海 流。
yù qióng qiān lǐ mù
欲 穷 千 里 目，
gèng shàng yī céng lóu
更 上 一 层 楼。
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【New Words】
鹳雀楼 guàn què lóu, a pavillion name
白日 bái rì, sun 依 yī, beside 穷 qióng, end
【English Translation】
Mountains cover the white sun,
And oceans drain the golden river;
But you widen your […]