
In Chinese, it’s never relative
One of the workhorse parts of speech in English and in most European languages is the relative pronoun. These include that, when, which, who/whom/whose, where and a few other less frequently used ones. Usually they …

Searching for the meaning of “找”
As you can see already, English and Chinese words do not exactly match one to one.

How to receive things in Chinese: 收(shōu)vs. 受(shòu)
In English among many other things one can “receive” a piece of mail, and one can “receive” good or bad emotional news. In each case, the verb is “to receive,” and we think of those …

Things to do on Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan
Are you new to Taiwan? This one is for you.