Essays
Real essays from Chinese social media with pinyin, audio, vocabulary, and English translations.
Wèi为shén什me么ABCbù不ài爱hé和liú留xué学shēng生wán玩？
Why don't ABCs hang out with international students? A real essay from Chinese social media (WeChat account INSIGHT视界) about four Asian American students and the different life scripts behind similar faces.
22 sections
Shén什me么zuì最zhòng重yào要？
What matters most? A viral essay from Chinese social media (Xueqiu, by 夏虫意难平) that follows one man's whole life — from a lollipop at age 3 to a last phone call at 75 — through the things that felt most important at each age.
12 sections