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This New Testament Bible is an exact copy of one presented to the Empress Dowager Cixi for her 60th birthday in 1894 (except hers was bound with silver boards). Here is another copy held at the...

My learning timeline is a bit complicated, but long story short I spent about 4 years in mandatory chinese classes (having barely learnt/retained anything), and have just decided to relearn about...

First of all, let me tell all of you that English is not my first language, so I don't speak it really well, obviously (look how did I write 'learner' in my name to believe me). Therefore if you...

For example every example of characters I find online looks written with a brush. These varied thicknesses are difficult to achieve with a standard pen or pencil. Do they matter? I can’t find a...

I've seen people use WeChat stickers with 中！on them and I guess it means okay but I was wondering the meaning/explanation behind it, thanks in advance!!

Hello. Just started learning Chinese two days ago. I am having trouble recognizing the stroke order of characters. For example: tā (feminine) is written in an order I did not expect. I printed out...

the n doesn't survive. 玩儿 is one syllable, wár, and 儿 never gets a beat of its own. i only noticed when a learner asked why it's spelled wán. does your book write it as wán-er?

My chinese teacher at university told us that you can‘t say just your surename when you introduce yourself. Like，you always have to say: 你好！我姓张，叫张三。 And that people always refer to each other with...