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青花

Qīnghuā

Blue and White

A Sydney girl who has nearly forgotten her Chinese inherits her grandfather's cracked blue-and-white bowl -- and goes to Jingdezhen to find the person who painted the fish inside it.

HSK 420 chapters
  1. Chapter 1
    爷爷的碗
    Yéye de Wǎn
    Grandpa's Bowl
    about 579 characters
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  2. Chapter 2
    景德镇
    Jǐng Dézhèn
    Jingdezhen
    about 567 characters
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  3. Chapter 3
    余家窑
    Yú Jiāyáo
    The Yu Family Kiln
    about 515 characters
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  4. Chapter 4
    声调
    Shēngdiào
    Tones
    about 556 characters
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  5. Chapter 5
    揉泥
    Róu Ní
    Kneading Clay
    about 517 characters
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  6. Chapter 6
    拉坯
    Lāpī
    The Wheel
    about 528 characters
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  7. Chapter 7
    七十二道
    Qīshí Èrdào
    Seventy-Two Steps
    about 513 characters
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  8. Chapter 8
    画一条鱼
    Huà Yì Tiáo Yú
    Painting a Fish
    about 517 characters
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  9. Chapter 9
    烧窑
    Shāo Yáo
    Firing the Kiln
    about 548 characters
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  10. Chapter 10
    裂了
    Liè le
    Cracked
    about 511 characters
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  11. Chapter 11
    网店
    Wǎngdiàn
    The Online Shop
    about 562 characters
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  12. Chapter 12
    假古董
    Jiǎ Gǔdǒng
    Fake Antiques
    about 526 characters
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  13. Chapter 13
    一九六二年
    Yī Jiǔ Liù Èr Nián
    1962
    about 518 characters
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  14. Chapter 14
    爷爷的日记
    Yéye de Rìjì
    Grandpa's Diary
    about 575 characters
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  15. Chapter 15
    锔瓷
    Jū Cí
    Mending with Staples
    about 517 characters
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  16. Chapter 16
    签证
    Qiānzhèng
    The Visa
    about 549 characters
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  17. Chapter 17
    比赛
    Bǐsài
    The Competition
    about 557 characters
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  18. Chapter 18
    悉尼
    Xīní
    Sydney
    about 552 characters
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  19. Chapter 19
    回来
    Huílái
    Coming Back
    about 552 characters
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  20. Chapter 20
    一条鱼
    Yì Tiáo Yú
    A Fish
    about 557 characters
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  21. More chapters of Qīnghuā are being written.