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Today we’ll learn the most common greetings in Chinese.

中国文化

你好

The character "头 - Tóu " is a pictophonetic character.
 Let's have a look at the traditional writing to make it easier to understand. 

 頭= 豆+页

 It consists of two parts: the radical "页" (pronounced xié) and the phonetic "豆 - Dòu ".

In this type of pictophonetic characters, the radical provides the meaning category of the character, while the diaphragm indicates the pronunciation . 

The original meaning of "页- xié" is head, Therefore "头 - Tóu" primarily means "head." It can also refer to a person's mind or intellect, and it can be used to describe the top or leading position of something, such as in a group or series.

Now let's go for the Usage

1.Noun:
General: "头 - Tóu" refers directly to the head of a person or an animal.
例如（For example）: 他的头很大。-Tā de tóu hěn dà 。 (His head is very big.)

 老头儿 - Lǎo tóur : Used informally to refer to an elderly man, where "头儿 - tóur" adds a sense of familiarity or endearment.
例如：公园里有几个老头儿在下象棋。- Gōng yuán lǐ yǒu jǐ gè lǎo tóu er zài xià xiàng qí 。
 (There are a few old men playing chess in the park.)

插头 - Chā tóu: Refers to the plug that connects devices to a power source, emphasizing the endpoint of the connection.
例如：请拔掉插头以断开电源。- Qǐng bá diào chā tóu yǐ duàn kāi diàn yuán 。
(Please unplug the plug to disconnect the power.)

2.Measure Word:

 "头" is also used as a measure word for livestock and some other animals.
例如：三头牛。- Sān tóu niú 。 (Three cows.)

3.Leadership or Priority: 
It can indicate the foremost or leading element.
例如：队伍的头。- Duì wu de tóu 。 (The head of the line.)

4. Idiomatic Expressions: 

例如：头痛 - Tóu tòng  (headache), 开头 -Kāi tóu (beginning), 破头 - Pò tóu (literally 'crack one's head', meaning to go to a lot of trouble), 抢破头 - Qiǎng pò tóu  (desperately competing, literally 'fighting until one's head breaks').

Chinese Item:
"虎头虎脑" (hǔ tóu hǔ nǎo) is an idiomatic expression in Chinese that describes someone, usually a child, who appears strong, energetic, and lively. 



每日一字

Υоu dоn't gо ѕреесhlеѕѕ bесаuѕе уоu dоn't knоw Еnglіѕh. Аnd nоt bесаuѕе уоu lасk wоrdѕ — but bесаuѕе уоu lоѕе authоrіtу. Тhіѕ еріѕоdе ехрlоrеѕ thе ѕwіtсh thаt hарреnѕ thе mоmеnt уоu ѕреаk.

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In questo episodio parlerò sui progetti che ognuno vorrebbe realizzare ma che fino ad adesso non ha fatto, sulla normalitá che vivevamo prima del Covid 19 e quella nuova normalitá,  le routine quotidiane. Come tempi verbali utilizzo il passato prossimo, verbi riflessivi, imperfetto, imperativo. Utilizzo del vocabulario della pandemia.

Vivendo tra due lingue

Che verrá

míng bù xū chuán

传出的名声不是虚假的。指实在很好，不是空有虚名。

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

名不虚传

国庆节 guó qìng jié：National Day
中华人民共和国 zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó：The People's Republic of China
成立 chéng lì：found;establish（The People's Republic of China，which was founded in1949.）
周年 zhōu nián：anniversary
团聚 tuán jù：reunite
出行 chū xíng：travel
丰富多彩 fēng fù duō cǎi：rich and colorful
沉浸 chén jìn：immerse
欢乐 huān lè：happy; sunshine
喜悦 xǐ yuè： delightful ; joyful


p.s：BGM"大中国“quoted from QQMusic

“龙”年中国话（“ lóng ” nián zhōng guó huà）

The 75th Anniversary National Day-国庆节[ɡuó qìnɡ jié]

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Common English Phrases

xiǎo māo lā chē
小猫拉车
——àn gàng岸冈
xiǎo māo lā chē
小猫拉车，
lǎo shǔ bú zuò
老鼠不坐。
huáng shǔ láng lā chē
黄鼠狼拉车， 
xiǎo jī bú zuò
小鸡不坐. 
huī láng lā chē
灰狼拉车， 
shān yáng bú zuò
山羊不坐。 
lǎo hǔ lā chē
老虎拉车， 
shéi yě bú zuò
谁也不坐.

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