For many years, I've been afraid of a melody. I can't tell what instruments it involves, or if it is electronically arranged with some human voice.
"You are a goddess sent by Yuexia Laoren (the Old Man under the Moon or the matchmaker of Chinese fairy tales). You have crescent-shaped brows, cheery eyes and a peach-like face. You look so graceful in your white gown and when you smile bashfully, cute dimples appear in your cheeks."
San Diego-based consultancy group - Global Language Monitor claims Chinglish is adding the most spice to the alphabet soup of today's English by contributing more words than any other single source to the global language.
Shopping in Beijing is an easy task now that the city has so much to offer that one is spoilt for choices. But if you have something specific in mind, it can be a real headache trying to find it. And when you finally get that perfect top or well-cut jeans, chances are you'll see someone else wearing the same thing on Wangfujing shopping street.
On the third day of every Lunar New Year, parents hit the lights, coax kids to sleep early and put their shoes away, telling their babies that the mice will hold a wedding and march across the house at midnight.
My son's classmates were making hard decisions among piles of dishes, when my 3-year-old grabbed a piece of watermelon and came back smiling. It was his first bright smile in the "temple fair" that the kindergarten held before the long holiday.
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