Sunday, November 23, 2025

MEotW: wūdú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How do we respond to the voodooesque power of the Great Wall of characters?


汉字 / 漢字? Pīnyīn?

The Great Wall of China

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Sunday, November 16, 2025

MEotW: tiān‐yī‐wúfèng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can help us to reintroduce Mandarin-speaking Chinese people to the Supreme Sovereign of the universe?


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Sunday, November 09, 2025

MEotW: hé‐zhànzhēng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we introduce to Mandarin-speaking people the subject of what the Bible says about nuclear war?


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Sunday, November 02, 2025

MEotW: cùnbù‐bù‐lí

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we express in Mandarin our determination to stick to the truth?


“cùnbù‐bù‐lí” _Pīnyīn_ Plus info, Song 161 (music+_Pīnyīn_), on iPhone 13 mini (landscape orientation)

This week’s MEotW in the unofficial Pīnyīn Plus resource “Sing Out Joyfully” Bk. (Pīnyīn+Music, Pīnyīn Plus, Web)



Screenshot of Sis. Margarita Königer and others using official _Pīnyīn_ _Sing to Jehovah_ songbooks with musical notation

A screenshot from an official video, of Sis. Margarita Königer and others using official Pīnyīn Sing to Jehovah songbooks with musical notation



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Sunday, October 26, 2025

MEotW: zháole huǒ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Are homophones really a showstopper when it comes to using Pīnyīn to write Mandarin? How are homographs a similar problem for characters?



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Sunday, October 19, 2025

MEotW: dòngnù

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Is anger an appropriate reaction to the suggestion to focus less on characters and more on Pīnyīn?


Screenshot of “_dòngnù_” in 1 Co. 13:5 (nwtsty, CHS+_Pīnyīn_ WOL)

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Sunday, October 12, 2025

MEotW: qià‐dào‐hǎochu

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can we say to Mandarin-speaking people about how fine-tuned the universe is to support life?


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