How to Read Chinese Menus Lesson 1

　gōng bào jī dīng
1　宫 爆 鸡 丁
　Stir-fried diced chicken with chilli and peanuts


　hóng shāo pái gǔ
2　红 烧 排 骨
　Pork ribs in Brown Sauce


　hǔ pí jiān jiāo
3　虎 皮 尖 椒
　Tiger-skin green peppers


　sōng rén yù mĭ
4　松 仁 玉 米
　Pine nuts with sweet corn


　pí dàn dòu fu
5　皮 蛋 豆 腐
　Tofu mixed with salted duck eggs


　táng cù ǒu piàn
6　糖 醋 藕 片
　Sweet and sour lotus root slices


Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/e-learning/34/dish.htm

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

9/30/2012 is Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. 
The Mid-Autumn Festival (simplified Chinese: 中秋节; traditional Chinese: 中秋節; pinyin: zhōngqiū jié), also known as the Moon Festival or Chinese Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival or Zhongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people.


The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Spring Festival and Winter Solstice. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as:
Eating moon cakes, traditionally consisting primarily of lotus bean paste.
Drinking tea.
Matchmaking. In some parts of China, dances are held for young men and women to find partners. "One by one, young women are encouraged to throw their handkerchiefs to the crowd. The young man who catches and returns the handkerchief has a chance of romance.
Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns.
Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e
Fire Dragon Dances
Solving riddles, usually written on slips of paper and pasted on the lanterns. The riddles are called dengmi in Mandarin Chinese.
Moon rabbit is a traditional icon.

Stories of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Houyi and Chang'e
The Hare or The Jade Rabbit

Ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival

Chinese Popular Words Lesson 6

 Rén zào měi nǚ
人造美女


Man-made beauty; plastic beauty
Nà mǐ jì shù
纳米技术


Nano technology; nano science
Zhèng fǔ cǎi gòu
政府采购


Government procurement; government purchase
Xìn xī hù dòng
信息互动


Information interaction
Shěn měi pí láo
审美疲劳
To be tired of doing something

Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/2006-01/17/content_1155359.htm

Chinese Popular words Lesson 5

Yìng shì jiào yù
应 试 教 育
Exam-oriented education


Sù zhì jiào yù
素 质 教 育
Education for all-rounded development


Xué shēng jiăn fù
学 生 减 负
To reduce students' work load


Wăng luò kōng jiān
网 络 空 间
Cyberspace


Kuò dà nèi xū
扩 大 内 需
To expand domestic demand


Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/2005-12/25/content_1153074.htm

Chinese Popular words Lesson 4

fēng huì
峰 会
Summit meeting or conference


zhǔ dă
主 打
Main; chief; major; the focus of


rén qì
人 气
Public or popular feeling or opinion


xià hăi
下 海
To engage in business; to become a business person


tiào cáo
跳 槽
To regularly move from one job to another; to job-hop

Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/2005-09/21/content_1142896.htm

Chinese Popular words Lesson 3

qín liú găn
禽 流 感
Bird flu


yǔ shí jù jìn
与 时 俱 进
Keeping up with the times


zhī shi jīng jì
知 识 经 济
Knowledge economy


zhí zhèng néng lì
执 政 能 力
The Party's ruling capabilities


kē xué fā zhăn guān
科 学 发 展 观
To take the view of scientific development; to view things from the perspective of scientific development



Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/2005-09/06/content_1140818.htm

Chinese Popular words Lesson 2

wăng liàn
网 恋
Love on the Internet; cyber love


wăng luò chōng làng
网 络 冲 浪
Surfing the net; net surfing


wăng shàng gòu wù
网 上 购 物
Online shopping


xu nǐ xiàn shí
虚 拟 现 实
Virtual reality



Ref:http://www.china.org.cn/e-learning/35/popularity.htm