Articles tagged with ‘Chengyu’

1. Student Q&A, April 2024: Learning chengyu, listening to yourself and using role-playing games to learn Chinese

   

   Is recording and listening to your own Chinese useful for improving your speaking ability? How can you use chengyu to expand your repertoire? And how can role-playing games be utilised to improve your spoken Chinese?

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2. Chengyu, a magic key to Chinese language and culture, or a waste of time?

   

   Many people regard chengyu as the golden key to the Chinese language and believe that learning chengyu will impress native speakers and take their Chinese to the next level. However, learning chengyu in the wrong way is likely to have the opposite effect (“oh, the foreigner is trying to use chengyu, how cute!”). Focus should be on chengyu that are truly useful and frequently used, the rest should be left for those who really like chengyu or for truly advanced students.

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