I’d like to help you to translate these sentences: 1. 我的假期过得很顺利。 Wǒ de jiàqī ɡuò dé hěn shùnlì. 2. 你的假日过得怎么样啊？ Nǐ de jiàrì ɡuò dé zěnmeyànɡ ā? 3. 我们去吃午饭吧！ Wǒmen qù chī wǔfàn bɑ! 4. 假日里看经典影片了吗？ Jiàrì lǐ kàn jīnɡdiǎn yǐnɡpiān le mɑ? 5. 有人知道博士资格考试流程的信息吗？ Yǒurén zhīdào bóshì zīɡé kǎoshì liúchénɡ de xìnxī mɑ? Cat—“猫(māo)” Dog—“狗(ɡǒu)” Beer—“啤酒(píjiǔ)” Museum--“博物馆(bówùɡuǎn)” Hotel--“宾馆(bīnɡuǎn).”

The literal meaning is “要给予光明，就须忍受燃烧(Yào jíyǔ ɡuānɡmínɡ. jiù xū rěnshòu ránshāo).” You can also use it’s extended meaning, which is “给予是以牺牲为代价的(Jíyǔ shì yǐ xīshēnɡ wéi dàijià de).” In Chinese, candle means self-sacrifice and selfless and there is a very famous sentence to describe it in ancient China, which is“春蚕到死丝方尽 蜡炬成灰泪始干(Chūncán dào sǐ sī fānɡ jìn, làjù chénɡ huī lèi shǐ ɡān ). The silkworm produces silk until it’s death, and the candle lights until its burned out.” Hope it can help you more. Besides

“状况(zhuànɡkuànɡ)” and “情况(qínɡkuànɡ)” are synonyms in Chinese, but they each have their fixed usages respectively. We say “健康状况(jiànkānɡ zhuànɡkuànɡ) state of health/ health condition” instead of “健康情况(jiànkānɡ qínɡkuànɡ).” We also say “经济状况(jīnɡjì zhuànɡkuànɡ) economic conditions” and “身体状况(shēntǐ zhuànɡkuànɡ) physical conditions.” However, in most of the time, you can use “情况(qínɡkuànɡ)” to substitute for “状况(zhuànɡkuànɡ) .” For example, we can say “出了什么情况?(chūle shénme qínɡkuànɡ?)” and “出了什么状况?(chūle shénme zhuànɡkuànɡ?)” and both of them mean “what’s happening?” .

As a TCAFL teacher, I can recommend you a Mandarin Chinese book called Short-term Spoken Chinese (Threshold), which contains pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and text. I think it fit you since you are just beginning to learn Mandarin Chinese. Besides.

According to Solar Calendar, it is 2010 for the Chinese too, but according to Lunar Calendar, it is still 2009 for the Chinese. Until after Chinese Spring Festival, it enters the year 2010 on the Lunar Calendar formally. It is also called the “Tiger” year from生肖(shēnɡxiāo) the zodiac year. Got it?

Cantonese is one of the dialects of Chinese. Cantonese only has a spoken form which is different from Mandarin Chinese. Its writing form is also the same Chinese characters. Now many people are learning Mandarin Chinese.