To Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile 笑裡藏刀

Three Animations (Traditional Chinese) & 5Q-Book (Traditional Chinese; zhuyin(bopomoㄅㄆㄇ); Hanyu Pinyin; English)
Content:
This is an explanation of the Chinese idiom “To Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile”.
We provide one animated story and a Chinese idiom comic strip. The animated story shows the origin of the Chinese idiom “笑裡藏刀 (xiào lǐ cáng dāo)” in a lively manner. The learner should benefit a lot from the Chinese idiom comic strip as it shows how to use this Chinese idiom correctly in every-day situations.

1. Chinese idiom story- To Hide a Dagger Behind a Smile
(Traditional animation of 1 minute 20 seconds, Illustrated audio book of 10 pages with word lists and 3 pages of translation)
This Chinese idiom means someone has a kind and gentle appearance but has a very evil and vicious mind.
Li Yifu gained power gradually since he was willing to help Emperor Gao of Tang make Wu Zhaoyi his queen. When he became minister, the nickname, “Cat Li” was secretly spread among the people. Why did that happen?


2. Chinese idiom story - Having Honey in the Mouth and a Sword in the Belly (Bonus Animation)
(Traditional animation of 2 minutes 20 seconds)
This Chinese idiom is used for someone who puts in a good word, but is actually doing something evil and trying to set people up.
During Tang dynasty, there was an officer called Li Linfu; seeing Xuanzong of Tang had employed Li Shi-zhi as minister, Li Linfu was very unhappy. Therefore, he conspired to trap Li Shi-zhi. Did his vicious intention actualize? Would he gain Xuanzong’s trust?

2. Comic strip of the Chinese idiom
Traditional animation of 40 seconds, Illustrated audio book of 2 pages, including an explanation and words that help students learn how to use this Chinese idiom correctly in every-day situations. An explanation of this Chinese idiom, example sentences, etc. are included.

3. Chinese idiom word cards
(Illustrated audio book of 4 pages)
Introduction of each Chinese word in this Chinese idiom, definitions of words and phrases, example sentences, etc. are included.

Age: Recommended for Grade 2 students.
Level: Helpful Chinese reading for basic level learners.
Characters: Contains 300+ basic level Chinese characters.

Features
Animation (Traditional): Story animation with traditional Chinese subtitles.
5Q-Book (Traditional): Illustrated audio book with traditional Chinese text; Hanyu Pinyin; zhuyin(bopomoㄅㄆㄇ).
5Q-Book (English): Illustrated audio book with English text.
Word list: Chinese words with Hanyu Pinyin, zhuyin(bopomoㄅㄆㄇ)and English explanation.
Comic strip of the Chinese idiom: (Traditional): Audio situation comic strip with simplified Chinese and traditional subtitles.
Chinese idiom word cards (Traditional): Illustrated audio book with simplified, traditional Chinese text and English explanation.
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About Us
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5QChannel has over ten years of experience in Chinese learning content development, and has published over 3,000 multimedia Chinese learning contents on the web. We specialize in using computer animation to transform classic Chinese literary works into captivating multimedia for the modern audience. Our products are educational in nature, and our aim is to help all readers around the world to read classic tales easily.
We understand the difficulties children have in reading these classics in their original form. By reinterpreting well-known classic stories and creating a new way of learning and studying with multi-media devices, we provide a means for people to watch animation anywhere and anytime. We create digital reading with animations and thus the concept “Watch Animations and Get to Know the Classics” is realized.

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