453 Chinese words that have no clean English equivalent. Look one up and you get the literal reading, what it really means, the Western image people reach for instead, and two example sentences with pinyin.
Type in your date of birth and get your Chinese zodiac animal, your element, and the personality the tradition hangs on them. Built for fun — and it handles the lunar new year boundary for you.
YYDS, 栓Q, 内卷, 打工人 — the jokes and catchphrases that Chinese internet culture runs on. Each entry says what it means, where it came from, and whether using it today makes you sound dated.
Four hundred and fifty-three everyday Chinese concepts — 关系, 面子, 内卷, 上火, 留白, 火候 — that lose something in translation. Each one comes with a plain-English definition, a comparison drawn from something you already know, the cultural background, and real example sentences with pinyin.