Learning the Chinese language is not as difficult as you think. By spending just a minute or five minutes a day, you will be able to learn a frequently used Chinese word or Chinese phrase. After picking up the Chinese word or Chinese phrase, remember to practice it and remember it by heart.
Watching Chinese dramas is a good way to test your learning progress. You can test your listening skills and also test whether you are able to remember the Chinese word or phrase you have learned. Many times, the commonly used Chinese words or phrases are used over and over again in the daily conversation.
A word or phrase a day
In this post, you will learn ten commonly used Chinese word or Chinese phrases that are useful to you in your Chinese language learning process.
In one ear and out the other
This is a common Chinese phrase used by parents to their children or teachers to the students. When the children or students do not listen to what the parents or the teachers have said, you can use 耳边风 to describe this situation. The sentence structure is X + 把 + Y + 当耳边风.
他把父母的话当耳边风。
Petty or Stingy
The Chinese word for stingy is 小气. If you were to look at the Chinese words, which is 小 and 气，you won’t imagine that it actually means petty or stingy. Because 小 in English is small and 气 is breath. So, people who have small breath are petty and stingy. This is one of the way you can use to remember Chinese words.
他是个小气鬼。
Excuses
When using 借口, it is commonly used together with 找 or 为. “找” means to “find” and “为” means “as” in English.
他常找借口不去上学。
他以肚子疼为借口，不去上学。
Forget about it
The Chinese phrase 拉倒 has two meanings. The first one means to pull someone down to the floor, and the second one means to forget about something.
不说拉倒。
他把小孩拉倒在地。
Dampen one’s spirit
The Chinese phrase 泼冷水 is a separable verb. When used as a separable verb, the sentence structure is subject + 泼 + object + 冷水.
你别泼我冷水。
Another sentence structure is 对/给 + 泼冷水 / 被 + 泼冷水.
他非但没有鼓励我，反而对/给我泼冷水。
他非但没有鼓励我，反而被他泼冷水。
As before
The Chinese word 照旧 literally means shine old. English Definition for 照 is according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one’s reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before. 旧 on the other hand is old; opposite: new; worn (with age).
他病了照旧去上班。
