ChineseHour Blog carefully selected the most popular Chinese words for this month for your Chinese learning.
两岸会谈
liǎngàn huìtán, Cross-Straits Talks
- Chen Yunlin, chairman of Chinese mainland’s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), and Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), shaked hands after signing the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights […]

- The Chinese Culture in My View——Siheyuan Quadrangle Courtyard
Click here to watch the video lecture about Siheyuan.
Dwelling compounds or quadrangles ( Siheyuan ) in Beijing are one important aspect of the citys architectural heritage.
Beijing ‘ s dwelling compounds are generally rectangular , with the four sides squarely facing the cardinal points. almost every dwelling compound […]

周末包机
zhōumò bāojī, weekend charted flights
Eleven airlines — six from the mainland and five from Taiwan — will operate 144 cross-Strait return flights next month, reflecting an agreement to expand charter flights that have run during four traditional festivals to every weekend.
The six mainland carriers are Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, […]

胸 有 成 竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
胸 xiōng, mind, heart
有 yǒu, to have, exist
成 chéng, finished
竹 zhú, bamboo
“Xiong You Cheng Zhu” is often used to describe someone who has already had an overall thinking before he decides to do something. (To have an image of bamboo in one’s mind.)
Antonym for “Xiong You Cheng Zhu” : adventurous […]

亡羊补牢
wángyáng-bǔláo
亡 wáng, to get lost; die
羊 yáng, sheep, goat
补 bǔ, to mend
牢 láo, fence; jail
亡羊补牢 - “Mend the fold after a sheep is lost.” It is a very common Chinese metaphor / idiom used in everyday conversation for Chinese people. We still use this metaphor to advise someone that even when he has made a […]