1. Chinese books are designed for students to learn the knowledge inside, while horizontal books are mainly used as exercise books for practice and preview.

There is usually only one line in Chinese textbooks, that is, a straight line from left to right, which is used to learn basic knowledge such as Chinese characters and pinyin. There are many kinds of lines in the horizontal grid, including straight lines from top to bottom and straight lines from left to right, which are used to write symbols such as English and numbers.

So the main difference between the Chinese version and the horizontal version lies in function and use, not design or appearance.