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African Countries in Chinese Posted by sasha on Feb 9, 2016
We’ve been learning all the countries around the world in Chinese bit by bit over the past few months. Last month, I also wrote a post on how to talk about “Countries, Nationalities, and Languages” in Chinese. Now we’re heading to the continent with the most countries – Africa (非洲 – fēi zhōu). There are 54…
Geography in Chinese Posted by sasha on Jan 4, 2013
For some it comes easy, but for many people geography is a difficult subject in school. It’s even more complicated when you try it in another language. As an English teacher in China, I find that my students are often confused when it comes to talking about geography in English. Of course, I face the…