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Hometown of web celebrity hot tourist spot

Hometown of web celebrity hot tourist spot muTu Note - Learn Chinese with Chinese Girl A young man whose good looks and innocent(纯洁的,chún jié de) smile(笑容,xiào róng) have turned him into an internet celebrity(网红,wǎng hóng) has sparked a surge in interest in his hometown(家乡,jiā xiāng) among tourists. Ctrip(携程), an online travel agency, said that after a video of Tamdrin(丁真), a 20-year-old ethnic Tibetan man from Litang county in Sichuan province’s Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, went viral online last month, the number of searches for Litang(理塘) soared. On Ctrip’s website, searches(搜索,sōu suǒ) for Litang started going up on Nov 20. In the week from Nov 23 through Sunday, the search average shot up 620 percent compared with the previous week and was four times greater than during the National Day holiday in October. Tamdrin first came to netizens’ attention after a photographer(摄影师,shè yǐng shī) posted a video of him on the Douyin(抖音) short-video platform(短视频平台,duǎn shì pín pí

Chinese Christmas Vocabulary

Chinese Christmas Vocabulary muTu Note - Learn Chinese with Chinese Girl It’s that time of year folks … tree lightings, special winter menus, and of course, the occasional Christmas carol (圣诞颂歌 shèng dàn sòng gē): Oh, the weather outside is frightful, But the fire is so delightful. And since we’ve got no place to go, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Ok, it’s probably not going to snow; nevertheless, Christmas in the capital is still a jolly time of year. And for an added Xmas gift, here’s more Christmas time words 单词 (dān cí) worth knowing: Candy cane 拐杖糖 guǎi zhàng táng Christmas card 圣诞贺卡 shèng dàn hè kǎ Christmas carol 圣诞颂歌 shèng dàn sòng gē Christmas Eve 平安夜 píng ān yè Christmas tree 圣诞树 shèng dàn shù Eggnog 蛋酒 dàn jiǔ Feast 盛宴 shèng yàn Hot chocolate 热巧克力 rè qiǎo kè lì Hot cider 热苹果酒 rè píng guǒ jiǔ Merry Christmas 圣诞节快乐 shèng dàn jié kuài lè Mince pie 圣诞馅饼 shèng dàn xiàn bǐng Nutcracker 胡桃夹子 hú táo jiá zi Present 礼物 lǐ wù Wrapping paper 包装纸 bāo zhuāng