A Course in Chinese Colloquial Idioms. ISBN: 7-5619-1192-0, 7561911920, 978-7-5619-1192-1, 9787561911921

Jump High - Reading Idioms is an elective textbook for foreign senior undergraduates majoring in Chinese language and literature in China. It can also be used as a textbook for senior foreign graduates of Chinese major. 180 idioms are analyzed and explained in detail in this book. When explaining the meanings of the idioms, this book provides the necessary pragmatic information to help students understand and use idioms correctly. Some idioms are provided with allusions (Classical Chinese text) and their translations in modern Chinese. Each idiom is provided with a certain number of example sentences to illustrate how idioms are used in real-life situations. Abundant exercises and a final test with answers are included, with a list of all idioms in the appendix. Recommended to use for of advanced Chinese learners.

Say It Now: A Complete Handbook of Chinese Idioms includes 150 Chinese idioms most frequently used in Chinese people’s daily life. Different from traditional reference books about idioms, this book employs typical oral conversations where these idioms appear to vividly display the situations of these idioms and define the occasions to use them. On this basis, it summarizes the most common usages and forms of idioms and supplements them with fascinating word-guessing and solitaire games, thus creating a new way for intermediate-level learners to learn Chinese idioms.

Learning Advanced Chinese Idioms is a spoken Chinese textbook for advanced learners, which aims to help them master common idioms (also including proverbs and allegorical sayings) and the profound knowledge of Chinese culture behind them.

Learning Advanced Chinese Idioms is a spoken Chinese textbook for advanced learners, which aims to help them master common idioms (also including proverbs and allegorical sayings) and the profound knowledge of Chinese culture behind them.

Volume I of Talking about Chinese Culture has all-total 10 lessons, which introduce some common Chinese cultural phenomenon such as the ways of greeting and etiquette, human relationship, modesty and courtesy, the concept of classes, as well as some typical characteristics of Chinese people such as implicitness, self-pride, focus on spiritual power, less care of benefit, implied meaning beyond words, etc. A variety of language practicing drills in each lesson provide trainings for acquiring Chinese words, grammar, sentences , expressing in monologue, and discussions with given cultural topics。 All of these help the Chinese language learners consolidate what they've learned, train their speaking abilities, and at the same time help the learners gain initial understanding of Chinese customs and cultural essence.

A top-notch textbook on culture, by famous xiangsheng performers in collaboration with veteran Chinese language teachers.

The book is compiled for foreign students with elementary Chinese knowledge and features practicability, targeting at improving actual communication skills and spoken Chinese rapidly. Its focus is the trade and commerce situations, aiming at laying a solid foundation for further study in the major.