HSK 5 Topic overview

语言文字

Language & Writing

Understand and use sayings, idioms and famous quotes, and discuss common language phenomena.

Your learning goals

What you’ll learn

Listening

In conversation or lectures, follow the main points friends and speakers introduce about folk sayings, idioms and famous quotes, and Chinese language phenomena in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and characters.

Speaking

Fluently introduce some common folk sayings, idioms, famous quotes and language phenomena.

Reading

Read general articles introducing and interpreting common folk sayings, idioms, famous quotes and language phenomena.

Writing

Write a short text introducing a saying or idiom you know of, or sharing your understanding of features of the Chinese language and characters.

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