Pulling on Seedlings to Grow

Two Animations (Simplified Chinese; Traditional Chinese) & 5Q-Book (Simplified Chinese; Hanyu Pinyin, Traditional Chinese; zhuyin（bopomoㄅㄆㄇ）; Hanyu Pinyin, English)
Content:
This is a Chinese idiom explaining to Do Harm to Something by Being Over-Enthusiastic. We provide one animated story and Chinese idiom comic strip. The animated story lively shows the origin of the Chinese idiom “揠苗助长(yà miáo zhù zhǎng)”. The learner could benefit a lot from the Chinese idiom comic strip as it shows how to use this Chinese idiom accurately in every-day situations.

1. Chinese idiom story
(Simplified animation of 1 minute and 43 seconds, Traditional animation of 1 minute and 43 seconds, Illustrated audio book of 15 pages and word lists, 3 pages of translation)

“Why aren't they growing?” the farmer said. An over-enthusiastic farmer trying to make seedlings grow faster. What would he do?
2. Comic strip of the Chinese idiom
Simplified animation of 45 seconds, Traditional animation of 45 seconds, Illustrated audio book of 2 pages, including an explanation and words that help students
learn how to use this Chinese idiom accurately in every-day situations. The explanation of this Chinese idiom, example sentences, etc. are included.

3. Chinese idiom word cards
(Illustrated audio book of 2 pages)
Introduction of each Chinese word in this Chinese idiom, definitions of words and phrases, example sentences, etc. are included.

Story: Derived from Meng Zi.
Age: Recommended for Grade 1 students.
Level: Helpful Chinese reading for basic level learners.
Characters: Contains 300+ basic level Chinese characters.

Features
Animation (Simplified): Story animation with simplified Chinese subtitles.
Animation (Traditional): Story animation with traditional Chinese subtitles.
5Q-Book (Simplified): Illustrated audio book with simplified Chinese text; Hanyu Pinyin.
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: (Simplified; Traditional): Audio situation comic strip with simplified Chinese and traditional subtitles.
Chinese idiom word cards (Simplified; Traditional): Illustrated audio book with simplified, traditional Chinese text and English explanation.

About Us
Reading Stories Anywhere, Any time
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 any time. We create digital reading with animations and thus the concept “Watch Animations and Get to Know the Classics” is realized.
Web: www.5qchannel.com
Email: jr@5qchannel.com

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