Cross the river by feeling the stones.
摸着石头过河。
Mōzhe shítou guòhé.
— 摸 mō, touch
— 石头 shítou, stone
— 过 guò, cross
— 河 hé, river
The new popular expression “Cross a river by feeling the stones” originally refers to the pragmatic policy of Deng Xiaoping, to move ahead with economic reforms slowly and pragmatically. You can learn to use such new […]

奥运圣火àoyùn shènghuǒ
olympic flame
火炬接力huǒjù jiēlì
torch replay
On March 31, 2008, President Hu Jintao officially launched the Beijing Olympic torch relay Monday on the Tiananmen Square, marking the start of the torch’s 130-day global tour. Can you speak out the Chinese characters 火炬接力huǒjù jiēlì for torch relay?
Following is a text of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge’s message […]

Right here have you noticed that the traditional Chinese character for “爱 ài, love“ consists of three parts with meanings for ”family, heart and friend“? If you have a kind heart inside for your family and friends, that means “爱 ài, love”. You see, Chinese characters are picturesque for you to understand its unique culture in […]

The Qingming Festival (traditional Chinese: 清明節; simplified Chinese: 清明节; pinyin: Qīngmí ngjié), which means clear and bright in Chinese, falls on April 4th this year. It is both a festival to hold memorial ceremonies for the dead (view the image), it is also a day to celebrate the coming of spring, often by going out for […]

To help you learn Chinese characters with fun, today ChineseHour will demonstrate you the interesting facts for Chinese-character formation. Some Chinese professors have composed a new system of San-zi-jin, Three Sinogram Verses Using Free Radical , which is aimed to help non-native Chinese speakers to learn the common characters effeciently. If you have difficulty in […]