Chinese radicals or 部首 (bùshǒu) help us to understand the correct meaning of characters in the Chinese language. They are graphical components of the Chinese...

Do you know the meaning or significance of the Chinese zodiac system and what each of the 12 animals represent?

Our children have started playing football matches in the local school league and as you can imagine it's now Eat, Sleep, Football, Repeat during game season...

Barking to the Moon 对月高昌 | Bolt 闪电狗 (2008) | Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance your Mandarin th...

A Whole New World 新的世界 | Aladdin 阿拉丁 | Multilingual including Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance...

Useful vocabulary: KFC or 肯德基 (Kěn dé jī） Set meal - 套餐 (tào cān) Fast food - 快餐 (kuài cān) Ketchup or 番茄酱 (fān qié jiàng） French fries－薯条 (shǔ tiáo） Coca-co...

♫ There goes the baker with his tray, like always The same old bread and rolls to sell Every morning just the same Since the morning that we came To this...

I spent quite a bit of time getting my head around the characters of My Little Pony whilst writing descriptions of the books on our website. So I have decide...

If you want to impress the in laws, grandparents or the other halves during Chinese New Year, here are few basic phrases (if you don’t already know them by h...

DIY Training Chopsticks in 3 Simple Steps You will need: A rubber band A pair of disposable bamboo chopsticks (including the paper wrapper) Separate the chop...

Part of Your World 属于你的世界 | The Little Mermaid 小美人魚 (1989) | Chinese Mandarin This was first released almost 30 years and yet the music and lyrics remain as ...

Remember Me 请记住我 | Coco 寻梦环游记 (2017) | Chinese Mandarin Disney Coco follows a 12-year-old boy named Miguel who is accidentally transported to the Land of the...

Our 7 year old son is obsessed with Nerf guns. He has been spending endless summer afternoons playing at Nerf gun wars with the other kids in the playground....

We have a house rule with our kids. Ever since they were of speaking age, we would not respond to them unless they spoke to us in Chinese. However, I do tr...

Every year during summer, lesbian (女同), gay (男同), bisexual (双性恋), and transgender (变性人) people all across the world particpate in street marches to celebrate...

How Far I'll Go 能走多远 | Moana 海洋奇缘 (2016) | Chinese Mandarin Singing makes learning fun and easier to remember. What better way to enhance your Mandarin than w...

The Lion King cartoon is so adorable (such as the music video below) for the little ones to watch but we forget that there are some rather scary scenes espec...

One of my favourite Aesop Fable. The moral stated at the end of the Greek version is, "this shows how liars are rewarded: even if they tell the truth, no one...

There is something really beautiful about Disney cartoons. This cartoon was created in 1991 and still as contemporary as ever. Indeed, a tale as old as time....

My son's favourite Bubble Tea is the classic Pearl Bubble Tea 珍珠奶茶 zhēn zhū nǎi chá. It is simply shaken milk tea with tapioca pearls. As a treat he is allow...