Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Status vs. the Truth

Friday, April 19, 2024

MEotW: Yuèyǔ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Is Cantonese just a dialect of “Chinese”? Is Cantonese just a spoken language?


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Friday, April 12, 2024

MEotW: zhēngyì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Do we just “go along to get along” to avoid controversy when it comes to products of worldly culture such as evolution and Chinese characters?


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Friday, April 05, 2024

MEotW: gāo’ào

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How did the Pharaoh that Moses and Aaron dealt with prove himself to be a bozo? How have many Chinese scholars acted similarly?


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Friday, March 29, 2024

MEotW: yì‐nián‐yí‐dù

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Are Chinese characters the ultimate clarifiers of meaning in Mandarin?


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Thursday, March 21, 2024

MEotW: fùhuó

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How is the Mandarin word for “resurrection” constructed?


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