Language Archives - Gateway Panda https://gatewaypanda.com Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:45:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.9 https://i0.wp.com/gatewaypanda.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-site-icon-07.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Language Archives - Gateway Panda https://gatewaypanda.com 32 32 140771805 The First Lantern Festival – the legend of how the Lantern Festival began https://gatewaypanda.com/the-first-lantern-festival-the-legend-of-how-the-lantern-festival-began/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:34:32 +0000 https://gatewaypanda.com/?p=2477 My new book, The First Lantern Festival is now available in both paperback and eBook format. Go check it out and read a few pages for free! To help a servant girl see her family […]

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]]> 2477 Chinese idiom 胸有成竹 (bamboo in the chest) came from an obsessed artist https://gatewaypanda.com/chinese-idiom-%e8%83%b8%e6%9c%89%e6%88%90%e7%ab%b9-bamboo-in-the-chest-came-from-an-obsessed-artist/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 19:01:00 +0000 https://gatewaypanda.com/?p=1941 The meaning of the Chinese idiom: 胸有成竹 (bamboo in the chest) The Chinese idiom 胸有成竹 (xiōng yǒu chéng zhú）literally translates to having bamboo growing in your chest. It’s used when referring to someone who has […]

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]]> 1941 Origin of Chinese New Year and Spring Festival https://gatewaypanda.com/origin-chinese-new-year-spring-festival/ Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:00:42 +0000 http://thechinaimage.com/?p=605 This year we say goodbye to the Year of the Snake and welcome in the Year of the Horse for Chinese New Year 4712. But how did it all start 4712 years ago? Nowadays, we […]

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]]> 605 Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes https://gatewaypanda.com/learn-to-read-korean-in-15-minutes/ Fri, 11 May 2012 21:09:56 +0000 http://thechinaimage.com/?p=32 It’s true!  You too can pronounce Korean words in just a few minutes! (Understanding Korean though is a different matter…).

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