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中国汉语水平考试(HSK[基础])    

一、 考试结构

     HSK基础考试分为3个部分，结构如下：

考试项目 试题数量 考试时间 1　听力理解 1-50 题 约 35 分钟 2　语法结构 51-90 题 40 分钟 ...

中国汉语水平考试（HSK）是为测试母语非汉语者（包括外国人、华侨和中国少数民族考生）的汉语水平而设立的国家级标准化考试。中国汉语水平考试（HSK）由北京语言大学汉语水平考试中心设计研制，包括基础汉语水平考试〔简写为HSK（基础）〕，初、中等汉语水平考试〔简写为HSK（初、中等）和高等汉语水平考试〔简写为HSK（高等）〕。中国汉语水平考试（HSK）每年定期在中国国内和海外举办，凡考试成绩达到规定标准者，可获得相应等级的《汉语水平证书》。

　　中国教育部设立国家汉语水平考试委...

Long long ago there was a landlord surnamed Zhu. He had a daughter named Zhu Yingtai who was very beautiful and smart and liked learning very much. However the girl was not permitted to go to school during that old time. So she had to stay at home and ...

五言古诗
李白
月下独酌

花间一壶酒， 独酌无相亲；
举杯邀明月， 对影成三人。
月既不解饮， 影徒随我身；
暂伴月将影， 行乐须及春。
我歌月徘徊， 我舞影零乱；
醒时同交欢， 醉后各分散。
永结无情游， 相期邈云汉。
Translation：

DRINKING ALONE WITH THE MOON

Li Bai

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zì shǔ chǒu niú yín hù mǎo tù chén lóng sì shé
子  鼠   丑    牛  寅  虎  卯   兔   辰    龙  巳  蛇
...

When travelling, you’d be making a mistake if you assumed Chinese culture is the same everywhere.

When you know that mooncakes and lanterns signal the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival, that Chinese New Year is the time for firecracke...

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Artical from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/nyregion/22chinese.html?pagewanted=1

 

He grew up playing in the narrow, crowded streets of Manhattan’s Chinatown. He has lived and worked there for all his 61 years. B...