Chinese Ancient Idiom Stories Series 2: Full Notation with Pinyin in Chinese. English Translation.

Author: Zhao Junhui
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Learning a language is learning a tool. If combined with relevant cultural knowledge, it not only avoids monotony but also makes learning faster and more solid. This series of "Ancient Chinese Cultural Stories" is compiled and published for readers who have initially mastered Chinese to continue their in-depth study, allowing them to learn Chinese while gaining insights into some aspects of ancient Chinese culture. It can be used for self-study, and teachers can also select stories to explain in class. Each volume includes several stories. The selected ancient stories are narrated in modern colloquial language and annotated with Pinyin for easy reading. The Pinyin is annotated character by character, without marking tones for neutral tones, and with tone changes for "yi" and "bu." It is not written in a continuous form and does not use capital letters. After each story, there is an English introduction summarizing the plot. This series can be used by foreign readers learning Chinese, readers in ethnic regions within China, and is also suitable for primary school students in Han areas as a Pinyin reading material.