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Lantern Festival Riddles

In Chinese by Gwilym James

Lantern Festival (YuĆ”nxiāo jiĆ© (å…ƒå®µčŠ‚) ) is the first significant holiday after the Lunar New Year break. It coincides with the first full moon of the month, and is synonymous with beautiful and intricate lanterns, eating …

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Mandarin Chinese Polyphones

In Chinese by Sarah Heath

This is a guest post from That’s Mandarin. Find out more at the end of this article. Having trouble distinguishing between when to use a certain pronunciation for the same character?Ā Ever not understood a sentence …