Archive for February 22nd, 2010

Learn Chinese Podcast – Duck Eggs in Wine Sauce

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Duck Eggs in Wine Sauce Duck Eggs in Wine SauceTaste: Salty and delicious.

Features: The dish has a nice combination of different colors.

Ingredients:

10 duck eggs

100 grams (1/5 cup) distillers’ grain (to be found in Chinese grocery stores)

30 grams (5 tsp) salt

10 grams (1/3 oz) scallions

10 grams (1/3 oz) ginger

3 grams (1/10 oz) Chinese prickly ash

500 grams (1 cup) cooking wine

Directions:

1. Put 500 g (1 cup) of water in a pot and add the salt, sectioned scallions and ginger chunks and bring to a boil. Put this in a container already containing the Chinese prickly ash. Add the cooking wine and distiller’s grain and let it stand for 20 minutes.

2. Boil the eggs. Remove the shells when they are cool and put into the sauce, put the cover on the container and place in the refrigerator for 3 to 6 hours. Take out, cut into halves or quarters before serving.

(Source: culture.chinese.cn)

Chinese Character – traffic safety

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Introduction:

With the acceleration of China’s urbanization, traffic accidents have seen an increase. As a result, signs reminding people to pay attention to traffic safety also have also sprung up at a faster rate. Traffic rules vary greatly in China as compared to many foreign countries. In China, vehicles and pedestrians are required to drive or ride on the right side of the street/road/highway. If you a new-comer, please pay attention to Chinese traffic rules.

Text:

Pinyin:

注意交通安全【zhùyìjiāotōng ānquán】

Grammar:

注意[zhùyì](pay attention to)

such as “注意安全”[zhùyì ānquán](be careful), “注意行人”[zhùyì xíngrén] (watch out for pedestrians), “注意开车”[zhùyì kāichē] (drive carefully).

交通[jiāotōng] (traffic)

such as: 交通警察[jiāotōng jiǐngchá] (traffic police), 交通规则[jiāotōng guīzé](traffic regulations).

Character:

(Source: chineseculture.about.com)

Chinese Pinyin – chu (亍)

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

亍[chù]

国标码:D8A1 部首:二 笔画:3 笔顺:112

step with the right foot

(Source: dict.cn)