Kung Pao Chicken and Hot Pot

Kung Pao Chicken is definitely one of the most popular Chinese dishes around the world, and it is by far my most favorite Chinese food. Even though popularly known among the foreigners as Kung Pao Chicken, its actual Chinese name is

宫宝鸡丁(gōng bǎo jī dīng): Kung Pao Chicken

鸡(jī): chicken

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Some other meat Chinese people love to eat are

羊肉 (yángròu): lamb/mutton

牛肉 (niúròu): beef

猪肉 (zhūròu): pork

鸭肉 (yāròu): duck

Another really popular Chinese dish, which you might have either heard of or tried before is Hot Pot. Hot pot is hot, in terms of both temperature and spiciness.

火锅 (huǒguō): Hot Pot

火 (huǒ): fire

锅 (guō): pot

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Both Kung Pao Chicken and Hot Pot are Sichuan cuisine. As you might have noticed by now people from Sichuan like to eat hot (spicy) food. Maybe that’s why some people say that the Sichuan girls are hot because they eat hot food.

What is your favorite Chinese dish?

Are Sichuan girls the prettiest?

There is a general consensus in China that the girls in Sichuan province are the prettiest. There is even an old saying “You’d better not go to Sichuan; it wouldn't help your career”. I went to Sichuan, twice, but the girls there looked the same as the girls from other parts of China. Maybe all the Chinese people look the same to me?

Whether the girls from Sichuan are the prettiest or not, it is always useful to learn how to say you are pretty in Chinese language. Below are the different ways you can tell a girl that she is pretty:

你很漂亮(Nǐ hěn piàoliang): You are beautiful

你很可爱(Nǐ hěn kěài): You are cute

你很好看(Nǐ hěn hǎokàn): You are good looking

你很美丽(Nǐ hěn měilì): You are beautiful

Remember the 美 (měi) from “Beautiful Kingdom?”

If you want to say the same to a guy, use the following

你很帅(Nǐ hěn shuài): You are handsome

And if you think someone is ugly

你很丑(Nǐ hěn chǒu): You are ugly