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The Peking Academy of Colloquial Chinese

Volume 1, Lesson 7 - Fire! (Huo)
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Year: 208, The Three Kingdom Period
Location: Chi Bi, Yangtse River

General Yanghunzi is facing the greatest challenge in his military career. This time he has to defend Kingdom Wu against the ten time stronger enemy.

Chief of the General Staff Shudaizi wrote a Huo (fire) character in his hand and showed it to the General. The General got the idea immediately.

 

 
Fire attack!
From then on, this story has been always used for describing one's inspiring and mysterious friend. For example, you can say, "you're my real friend, just like the Chief of the General Staff in the Chi Bi Fire Attack!"
   

 

Year: 1986
Location: Final Term Examination Classroom, The Peking Academy of Colloquial Chinese

The final term examination is crucial to a student's life. The score is all that really matters to evaluate the student's performance. During the exam, Yanghunzi encountered a very difficult
grammar question...

 
     
  Yanghunzi whispering for help from his classmate Shudaizi.
Yanghunzi's whisper is so low and so unintelligible. Being Yanghunzi's all time inspiring friend, Shudaizi doesn't want to show any hesitance in helping him. So he tried the ancient Chinese magic again...  

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