哥 gē elder brother

Routledge Grammar:Basic Chinese

If you want to go beyond speaking and writing 'tourist Chinese' you need a good grounding in Chinese grammar. This Routledge guide goes far beyond memorizing useful phrases and serves as an essential course if you want to speak Chinese well and understand Chinese text. All the Chinese is in both pinyin and characters. It does not include a dictionary section so you will need a dictionary in conjunction with the book.
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Seen from the Moon

The myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the Moon is widely held to be true. It is clearly impossible because the wall is only a few yards wide! It is hard even to make out on Google Earth. The myth seemed to have come into existence at about the same time that canals were believed to be seen on Mars, starting speculation about what features on Earth could be seen from space. The Martian canals ➚ turned out to be a mistaken observation, probably due to an eye defect of an astronomer.
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