It's your chance to become a Chinese expert – Chinese culture, food, music andstyle – all in the next 25 minutes. In today's program, you'll hearChinese Idioms and Their Stories. Then Denise will guide you through enjoying somevery unique Chinese melodies in Opera House. This is China Kaleidoscope, only fromCRI.

First, Shutian will lead you into the ancient Chinese world of Idioms and Their Stories:

Men Ting Ruo Shi(门庭若市)

The courtyard is as crowded as a marketplace -- A much visited house

Men Ke Luo Que(门可罗雀)

You can catch sparrows on the doorstep -- Visitors are few and far between

That was Idioms and Their Stories. Denise will take you into the Opera House afterthe break. Don't go away.

Welcome Back! Time now for Opera House. Here is Denise.

That was Denise with Opera House. With that, we conclude today's edition of ChinaKaleidoscope. Hope you've enjoyed it. If you have any questions or suggestions forour program, you can write to us at: Nairobi Bureau of China Radio International,P.O.Box: 60829 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Or if you have access to the Internet, you canjoin our online forum at www.crienglish.com, or just drop us an email at:crieng@crifm.com. Thanks for being with us!