Interesting Chinese FACE Hello everybody, my name is Tony. I would like to tell you something interesting about Chinese culture. There is a Chinese saying that is ‘A man has his face like a tree has its bark’, meaning a man has a sense of shame. Nowadays, for most Chinese people, they pay special attention to ‘FACE’, which equivalence in Chinese is ‘面子’(Mian Zi). The literal meaning is one’s face, but its extended meaning is reputation or prestige or something related. Especially for men, they don’t like to lose FACE when they’ve done something wrong or something worse. For a long period of time, Chinese culture’s highly influenced by Confucianism, which believes ‘Harmony is precious’ as the basic principal of people’s mutual communication and daily intercourse. Confucianism advocates that people should always keep harmonious relationships with other people. So when people make some mistakes, others may not point it out in public. This is friendly. It is not only an important way to save FACE and show your respect to him / her, but it is also a kind of lubricant of maintaining harmonious relationships with your friends. Well if you are interested in Chinese culture, welcome to chat on skype, my name is TONY. Thank you very much! See you next time. 再见!

Help!!! How to tranlate this in English? I have a student, who's curious about everything he met. Of course, I would like to statisfy his curiosity all the time. It my pleasure. But once he asked me a Chinese sentence he learnt from a TV Show, that I didn't know how to translate in English properly. The sentence is "你很二". I know it is a newly generated word, I roughly know its meaning, but don't know how to say it in English directly and correctly. Although I am a native Chinese teacher, honestly my English is not very excellent, still I am making efforts to reach the higher standard. Now I am looking for help, could anyone kindly help me? Hi, Juan Luis, thanks for your help. :) I am always friendly and polite to others. I asked about this, coz I haven't found the most proper explanation yet, even I've checked the newest Chinese-English dictionary. The word '二', it is not necessarily to be impolite. Nowadays, more and more people like to say it for fun. It has become a popular word in our daily life.

Is it possbile? Is it possible to find a native English speaker, who is as serious as me? I am a native Chinese teacher, looking for ONE language exchange partner, who's interested in Chinese. As far as I am concerned, as a serious person, I am certainly able to help you learn Mandarin well. And we may scheldue a regular time for weekly practice. I've been asking this for a short while, but got no answer. What am I supposed to do if I want to make it? Any Suggestion? Thank you in advance.

A Chinese teacher looking for English exchange Hi everyone, I am looking for a language exchange partner, who is studying Chinese and good at English as well. I am a 36-year-old Chinese teacher and willing to learn more about English. Hope some friends may help me to make it, and I am able to teach Chinese in a professional way. If you'd like to make friends together with me, please contact me. We may have a nice and friendly chat as a beginning. :)