haobuhao

May 22, 2015 00:27

Articles : haobuhao commented on news Why are Chinese so Concerned About Saving Face?

I recently experienced saving "face" at dinner on multiple occasions recently. Friends invite me to dinner one-on-one and then they order food enough for 7 people! Literally. One time we went to an upscale Western restaurant and the friend insisted on getting the family meal and I didn't want to be too insistent. ... Full Comment>>

haobuhao

Oct 28, 2014 19:42

Articles : haobuhao commented on news Young Man Earns 3,000 Yuan a Month as Running Partner for Women and Students

Interesting that his business started from Weixin. So much of life is digital now. If you use your social network well enough, you can find a market for your business(granted that it's as original and in-demand as exercise. Full Comment>>

haobuhao

Oct 13, 2014 14:48

Blogs : haobuhao commented on haobuhao 's blog A year and a half studying Chinese - my experience thus far

That's sounds like a very good method, as well, because it all comes from native sources. I have a friend whose hobby is listening to foreign songs and picking up simple vocab from them, be they Korean or Japanese or Italian. However, I think native input is extremely important in learning a language. It doesn't ... Full Comment>>

haobuhao

Sep 29, 2014 16:19

Blogs : haobuhao commented on adb2014 's blog Lost in Mistranslation

Nasty tones. I haven't gotten into too many crazy situations thus far with them, but one funny one happened around New Year's. A student asked me, ‘你们那边在冬天吃什么？(What do you eat in winter over there(US)?)I answered,我们喝糖(We drink candy). A friend happened to be there and quickly corrected me as the ... Full Comment>>

haobuhao

Sep 29, 2014 16:06

Blogs : haobuhao Posted a new blog A year and a half studying Chinese - my experience thus far

I am admittedly extremely new in the world of Chinese language study. A babe even. In university, I studied Japanese and Spanish as minors, and took one semester of Arabic. As you can tell, I have an interest in languages (however poorly I actually speak them), but before I graduated, none of that involved Chinese ...