Forget Valentine’s Day – how about a festival to celebrate singledom? Singles’ Day is celebrated in China on the 11th of November. As the name suggests, it’s an occasion for singletons to celebrate (or commiserate) their lot. Find out more, pick up some fun Chinese Singles’ Day expressions, and learn how this unique event generated […]
Continue reading → During my last two years of school around ten years ago, I was lucky enough to be able to study Japanese and then in my final year, I picked up Chinese too. Both of these courses gave me a good grounding in each language but I wouldn’t have been able to say that I spoke […]
Continue reading → 1. The old man lost his horse Japanese: 塞翁が馬 sai-ō-ga-uma Chinese: 塞翁失马 sài-wēng-shī-mǎ Korean: 새옹지마 se-ung-ji-ma Meaning: a setback can turn out to be a blessing in disguise Once upon a time in Ancient China, there was a man who everybody called Sài Wēng 塞翁. One day, his horse ran away and he was really upset, but […]
Continue reading → 佳奈 Kana – Japanese Language Specialist from Ōsaka, Japan How has your experience of life at Memrise been so far? It is like being a kid again! You need to jump outside the box and liberate your creativity. I’m a free kid in a playground again, playing with different ideas, and it feels great! What […]
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