In Chinese the words for crisis and opportunity are the same. See more

30% of Chinese adults live with their parents. See more

Ten years ago, only 500 people in China could ski. This year, an estimated 5,000,000 Chinese will visit ski resorts. See more

Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump". See more

The Chinese ideogram for 'trouble' depicts two women living under one roof'. I wonder why ;-). See more

There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. See more

The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "strengths" and "screeched". See more

Eskimos have over 100 words for ice. See more

The name for having a fear of long words: Hippopotomonstroses­quippedaliophobia. Ironic, isn't it? See more

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words. See more

Typewriter, is one of the longest words that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. See more

There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script. See more