This book is divided into three parts, namely, social behavior, family and moral principles. It introduces over 20 ways Chinese people conduct themselves in society, trying to recount things through cases and display the profound and intricate Chinese culture in a way that is easy to understand. Therefore the readers can gain a clear idea through small sections so as to understand and relate to the characters, values and ethical standards of the Chinese people.

When Mariamar Mpepe's sister is killed by lions, her father imprisons her at home. With only the ghost of her sister for company, she dreams of escape and of the hunter who abandoned her years before. Archangel Bullseye, born into a long line of marksmen, is summoned back to Kulumani. But as he tracks the lions in the surrounding wilderness, his suspicions grow - that the darkest threats lie not outside the village, but at its very heart. The author Mia Couto is a prominent and awardwinning writer in Portuguesespeaking Africa.

The book provides foreign learners at their early stages of Chinese learning with a fast and efficient way to master 500 basic characters by means of vision, imagination, association, comparison, analysis and assimilation. Through the 500 characters, learners get to know the basics of Chinese characters - the radicals, pronunciations, meanings and inter-relationships, thus they can build up their character recognition at a fast pace.