Beat the Underbrush to Scare the Snake 打草驚蛇 app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 1670 ratings )
Education Book
Developer: Lu Feng Technology Inc.
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 21 Apr 2012
App size: 76.49 Mb

Two Animations (Traditional Chinese) & 5Q-Book (Traditional Chinese; zhuyin(bopomoㄅㄆㄇ); Hanyu Pinyin, English)

Content:
This is an explanation of the Chinese idiom “Beat the Underbrush to Scare the Snake”.
We provide one animated story and a Chinese idiom comic strip. The animated story shows the origin of the Chinese idiom “打草驚蛇(dǎ cǎo jīng shé)” 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
(Traditional animation of 2 minutes, Illustrated audio book of 17 pages with word lists and 3 pages of translation)
“No, I have big trouble. Those illegal things they have written about in that letter also concern me. They are also accusing me, aren’t they?” The magistrate sat paralyzed on the chair. The question is, why did he compare himself to a snake hidden in the underbrush?

2. Comic strip of the Chinese idiom
Traditional animation of 44 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.

Story: Derived from “Nan Tang Jin shi”.
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.
Other Features: (Facebook, Email) Share, Favorites, Search, Index, Thumbnail, Library.

About Us
Reading Stories Anywhere Anytime
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.

Web: www.5qchannel.com
Email: [email protected]