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Questions concerning search and sharing of supplementary resources used in the process of language study: books, articles, links to Web sites, audio and video recordings, corpora, etc. Click on "Learn more..." to have more information on how to use this tag.

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  • What is a good list of sites/resources for X? = not good
  • Is this the correct way to express X? = good
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Informed sources for videos of Chinese movies

I have gotten two videos of Chinese movies at Amazon and in fact both had Mandarin soundtracks with a choice of Chinese (simplified or traditional) or English subtitles. That is what I wanted. But in both cases I was buying blind. It seems…
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Graded Mandarin Chinese podcasts or e-books

Are there any resources for students of Mandarin Chinese that allow them to listen or read Chinese news or literature in simple versions, preferably in podcast or e-book format respectively? By that I do not mean Simplified Chinese as used in…
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Where to find questions from the imperial exam?

I have found various pages with questions from the last imperial exam in 1904. This one seems most practical. Given the immense importance of the event, I hope that more records of (prior) exams should survive. How to find them? I am also interested…
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Resources: Modern Chinese -> Classical Chinese (Dictionary/References/etc.)

There's a similar question here: what are some dictionaries about vocabulary of classical chinese? but I think my question is a little different. For instance if I want to find the classical equivalent of 您/你 what kind of resources are available…
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What is Alex and John Dent-Young's translation of this passage of the Water Margin?

I have this passage from the Water Margin which is quoted in the Treasury of Laughs…
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Does anyone know of a good prescriptive mandarin writing style guide

I am trying to find an excellent book on how to write mandarin well, something analogous to (in the English-speaking world) The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White, or On Writing Well by William Zinnser. Please understand that…
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Can you download the Hanyu Da Cidian (漢語大詞典) as E-book format or PDF?

Unquestionably, an e-book format is way more convenient than these physical volumes or CDs! Where can I obtain 漢語大詞典 as E-Book?
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Is there a good resource for Mandarin or Cantonese terms for motorsports and motorsports news?

I am a big Formula 1 fan so I would love to add some motorsports-specific terms to my studying. Simple things such as "race car" to maybe more complex terms like "slipstream" or "pit stop". Even just a short list of the terms people actually use…
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Are chinese historical dramas appropriate for learning Mandarin?

Is the language used in Chinese historical dramas usually antiquated/extra formal, and does that make them a bad (or maybe just too advanced) resource for practicing one's Mandarin? (I've just closed off HSK3, for reference.) There are a number of…
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Where can I find "A Course of Lessons in Spoken Mandarin" ( 《华英联珠分类集成》)?

孔夫子旧书网 is selling "A Course of Lessons in Spoken Mandarin" ( 《华英联珠分类集成》) for 13000.00元. I'm not sure who has that kind of dough to drop on a book, but it's certainly not me. Some have used it to write…
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Memorials of Zhang Zhidong or Yuan Shikai

Does someone know, where to get Chinese language versions of memorials (奏摺) of Zhang Zhidong or Yuan Shikai? For Zhang Zhidong a rich source should be: 清代名人奏折书系, which I have not been able to acquire, although it might reappear on Amazon at some…
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Online Classical Chinese dictionary

There are two similar questions here: what are some dictionaries about vocabulary of classical chinese? Resources: Modern Chinese -> Classical Chinese (Dictionary/References/etc.) But my question is different: I am looking for an online Classical…
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Is there a list of medicinal plants and their translations in Mandarin?

I am interested in both learning Mandarin and the names of traditional medicinal plants in China. I am also interested in the history of herbal medicine in China, and a resource to study this in English would help me to learn some more basic…
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How can I create Chinese webcomics?

I'm wondering if there is a way to create webcomics in Chinese. I made the following using Strip Generator but it doesn't seem to support Chinese. Question: How can I create Chinese webcomics?
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Help finding text by Liang Qichao

I need the text 戊戌政變記 to cite some characteristic remarks about Cixi. Ctext has it here, but the OCR is horrible (of the order of one in three characters wrong). I went back to the plates and corrected many mistakes on selected pages, but they are…
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