Sixteen Enlightening Chapters (click on a title to go to the relevant chapter)

MEI YOU（没有) Not Have

BU ZAI（不在） Not Present/ To Be Out

BU XING （不行） Not Possible/ Out of the Question

MEI YOU WEN TI（没有问题） No Problem

DENG YI XIA （等一下） Wait A Moment

MEI YOU BAN FA （没有办法） No Way/ No Way Out

MEI YOU GUAN XI (没有关系) It Doesn’t Matter/ There is No Relationship

HAO（好） Good

CHI FAN, XIU XI（吃饭，休息） Eat, Rest

MEI YI SI （没意思） Not of Interest

YOU YI SI （有意思） Of Interest

BU TAI QING CHU（不太清楚） Not Too Clear

KE YI （可以） Allowable/ Acceptable/ Possible

DUI BU QI （对不起） Sorry/ To Excuse Oneself

BU ZHI DAO（不知道） Do Not Know

BU YAO KE QI（不要客气） No Need To Be Polite

Chapter 1: MEI YOU (没有) Not Have

There are none.

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GUSHI (故事) Story/Brief Introduction/Fable Ancient China produced many Emperors, some Great, some Hopeless and sollie ma-ma-hu-hu (马马虎虎, horse-horse-tiger-tiger). During Great Dynasties, Peace prevailed and many Useful and Productive goods were Invented, such as Gunpowder and Paper, which are prominent Around the World even today.… Read

MEI YOU (没有) Not Have It is always said; and it’s usually true that MEI YOU is the first phrase a visitor learns in China. So often is MEI YOU heard, it may be the only Chinese phrase many visitors remember.… Read

管钥匙的人不在 Karin Malmstrom & Nancy Nash In 1990, writing under the names Xiao Mao and Nan-tzu, Karen Malmstrom and Nancy Nash published a booklet that, the authors remarked, provided ‘a key to what they really mean in China’.… Read