A teetotaler is someone who drinks tea, coffee and other liquids but not alcohol. Teatotaler, on the other hand, is a misspelling. What it supposedly stands for is “tea totaler”, presumably someone ...

Here, “rich” does not mean “wealthy” as in: Trump is a billionaire and, hence, a very rich man. Here, instead, “rich” means “fat” as in, fat food that is too rich in oil and grease. Or deserts that ...

Anyways, all joking aside, “having nothing to show for it” is an expression that means exactly what it says: You’ve done ...

Anyways, getting hit in the pocket means paying a price, losing money and getting hurt in the monetary sense, i.e.

Got it? Yes. To be “rich by default” is to be rich without having to work for it. Now, that’s because a royal family, such as the royal family in England, has been rich for a long time. That means ...

Stories about how the post-90s Chinese entrepreneurs set up their businesses in China.

What’s wishy-washy? As in this sentence: Trump is very wishy-washy on the issue of women’s rights, so it’s hard to pin him down on any stance. Donald Trump, that is, President of the United States.

中共中央、国务院近日印发了《教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）》。 The 2024-2035 master plan on building China into a leading country in education was jointly issued recently by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and ...

2024年12月31日，国家电网宣布，当前世界规模最大的抽水蓄能电站——国家电网河北丰宁抽水蓄能电站全面投产发电。电站总装机规模达360万千瓦，年设计发电量66.12亿千瓦时。 The Fengning pumped storage hydropower plant in north China's Hebei Province, the largest of its kind globally, ...

2024年11月20日，香港特别行政区政府公布《河套深港科技创新合作区香港园区发展纲要》。 The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on November 20, 2024 released a development outline for the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong ...

2024年11月18日，巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦在二十国集团领导人第十九次峰会上宣布，二十国集团正式启动“抗击饥饿与贫困全球联盟”。 The Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty was officially launched at the 19th G20 Summit by ...

2024年11月12日，位于山西省临汾市的陶寺遗址博物馆正式开馆。 Taosi Site Museum in Linfen in Central China's Shanxi province opened to the public on November 12, 2024. 陶寺遗址博物馆外景（无人机照片，2024年11月12日摄）。图片来源：新华社 【知识点】 ...