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Chengyu (traditional Chinese: 成語; simplified Chinese: 成语; pinyin: chéngyǔ; trans. "set phrase") are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, most of which consist of four Chinese characters. Chengyu were widely used in Literary Chinese and are still common in written vernacular Chinese writing
During World War II, Chao's husband, Yuen Ren Chao, ran the Special Language Training Program at Harvard University to teach Chinese to U.S. military personnel.Each night the instructors gathered at the Chao home to prepare the teaching material for the next day, sometimes late into the night.
Pei Mei's Chinese Cook Book (Chinese: 培梅食譜) is a cookbook series by Fu Pei-mei, written in both Chinese and English. [1] There were three volumes, the first published in 1969 and the last published in 1979. [2] The sales of the first volume reached 500,000. [3]
Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Pinyin Notes Double steaming / double boiling: 燉: 炖: dùn: a Chinese cooking technique to prepare delicate and often expensive ingredients. The food is covered with water and put in a covered ceramic jar, and is then steamed for several hours. Red cooking: 紅燒: 红烧: hóngshāo
From meaning 'cook', perhaps based on Cantonese. lit. 'to stir fry' Chow chow: Cantonese any of a breed of heavy-coated blocky dogs of Chinese origin Chow mein: Cantonese 炒麵: chau 2 mein 6: lit. 'stir fried noodle', from initial Chinese immigrants from Taishan came to the United States Confucius: Jesuit Latinization 孔夫子: kǒngfūzǐ
Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary .
A cook in central China created some impressive artwork using nothing more than a bunch of corn kernels
When individual pieces are served, it is known as "roasted meat" (Chinese: 燒肉; pinyin: shāo ròu; Cantonese Yale: sīu yuhk). [2] When the entire pig is served, the dish is known as "roasted pig" (Chinese: 燒豬; pinyin: shāo zhū; Cantonese Yale: sīu jyū). In most cases it is referred to by the former term since it is always consumed ...