Daily Language

This is a website specifically designed for the children who live outside of China but would like to learn Chinese better and more. We not only read the stories, but also explain the difficult words and phrases.

Come to enjoy the fun of learning Chinese!

Short Novels

The Big Shrink Series – 变形记

Recommended: Primary 4 and above

Episode 1 – Edited from the popular Chinese cartoon movie “The Big Shrink”. A boy invented a magic torch which could shrink anything dramatically. When the boy and his friends were shrink accidentally into the miniature world, a series of stories happened…

Episode 2 – Edited from the popular Chinese cartoon movie “The Big Shrink”. A boy invented a magic torch which could shrink anything dramatically. When the boy and his friends were shrink accidentally into the miniature world, a series of stories happened…

The Journey to the West – 西游记

Recommended: Primary 5 and above

A simplified version of the Chinese classical novel “The Journey to the West”. This is a mythology novel with Tang Dynasty as the background. The Buddha gave a task to Xuanzang the monk, and offered him three disciples to protect him. They start the long and arduous journey to the West to pursue Buddhist Scripture.

The Wonderful Wizard of OZ 绿野仙踪

Recommended:Primary 4 and above

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children’s novel written by author L. Frank Baum.

The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home in Kansas by a tornado. To get home she must find the wonderful Wizard in the Emerald City of OZ.

On the way she meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. But the Wicked Witch of the West has her own plans for the new arrival–will Dorothy ever see Kansas again?

Les P’tites Poules 不一样的卡梅拉

Recommended: Primary 1 and above

This series had won numerous literature awards in France. This series tells the story of a hen, Carmela and her two chicks, Carmelo and Carmen and their unusual, exciting and daring adventures.

A Monster Falling in Love with Reading – 爱上读书的妖怪

A decaying willow cashbox turns into a cabinet spirit, and the smell of moldy money is his favorite. While searching for a home with the other two monsters-the notebook spirit and the broom spirit, they met a scholar. In order to obtain the “Feng Shui Treasure”, they agreed to the scholar’s challenge. Can they really take the challenge calmly? Who will win in the end?

Short Stories

Aesop’s Fables 伊索寓言

Recommended: Primary 5 and above

Aesop’s Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. The stories have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different languages and remain popularity.

Chinese Idioms 成语故事

Recommended: Primary 6 and above

Chengyu are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expression, most of which consist of four characters. Chengyu were widely used in Classical Chinese and are still common in Chinese writing and in the spoken language today.