序幕

xùmù

prologue

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

演出拉开序幕。

The performance began.

故事从这里拉开序幕。

The story begins here.