Color words
👋 Welcome to this fortnight’s issue of the Giant Mandarin newsletter. In this issue, I cover words on the topic of color.
🎯 Words
颜色 yánsè - color
黑色 hēisè - black ⚫️
白色 báisè - white ⚪️
灰色 huīsè - gray 🐘
红色 hóngsè - red 🔴
绿色 lǜsè - green 🟢
蓝色 lánsè - blue 🔵
黄色 huángsè - yellow 🟡
橙色 chéngsè - (the color) orange 🍊
紫色 zǐsè - purple 🟣
粉色 fěnsè - pink 🐷
金色 jīnsè - (the color) gold 🏆
银色 yínsè - (the color) silver 🪙
浅 qiǎn - (of a color) light
深 shēn - (of a color) dark
👀 Recommendations
🎧 Podcast episode. China Stories: Selling lost horizons in rugged Yunnan Province, The World of Chinese (18 minutes, August 13, 2022, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
A motorbike journey goes behind the scenes of Yunnan’s tourism industry. Click here to read the article by Mads Vesterager Nielsen: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/08/selling-lost-horizons-in-rugged-yunnan-province/. Narrated by Anthony Tao.
🎧 Podcast episode. The Chinese Sayings Podcast: Mr. Know-it-all (井底之蛙 jǐngdǐzhīwā - a frog in a well; a person with a limited outlook) (9 minutes, March 27, 2022, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
Another staple from the "Greatest Chengyu of All-time" Box Set. The Frog at the Bottom of the Well, 井底之蛙 Jǐng Dǐ Zhī Wā. This one has a multitude of uses and comes to us straight from The Zhuangzi. This story concerns a small frog living happily at the bottom of a well. He lived a happy and contented life but remained oblivious to what was going on outside the small space he resided in. He thought he knew everything till Mr. Sea Turtle came along.
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