MEotW: dài

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

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• dài

Why is the Mandarin word for “replace” used to mean “generation”, and what does that have to do with technology, Star Trek, and Pīnyīn?

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MEotW: shìsú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

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• shìsú

In the current Mandarin NWT Bible, why is “shìsú” now sometimes used instead of “ròutǐ” to translate the English word “fleshly”?

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MEotW: jiāqiáng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

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• jiāqiáng

What are some different ways of saying “booster shot” (for a vaccine) in Mandarin?

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MEotW: wēnhé

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

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• wēnhé

“Wēnhé” is the word that the Mandarin New World Translation Bible uses to translate “mildness” when referring to the fruitage of the spirit. How can “wēnhé” be an adjective, a verb, and also a noun?

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Bible Teach Bk. Partially Proofread Pīnyīn Web Material or More Available Covering Up to the End of Ch. 17

[NOTE: For spiritual food (which is for you yourself to learn spiritual things from, and which ideally should be in your own mother tongue), please go to jw.org.

The supplementary language-learning material mentioned in this post is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in an official publication, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.]

The Bible Teach (bh) book has been an important book for conducting Bible studies for a long time. Partially proofread Pīnyīn web material (more correct than computer-generated Pīnyīn like that displayed by apps like Equipd, and more mobile-friendly than PDFs) or more covering up to the end of Chapter 17 of the Mandarin Bible Teach book (2017-03 Printing) is now available here:

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• Bible Teach Bk.
  (Pīnyīn Plus, Web)
  (rich information about Mandarin speech
  for discussing important Bible teachings,
  as represented by the text of the
  Mandarin Bible Teach book,
  2017-03 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
  can be used offline in supporting browsers,
  icon can be added to the home screen
  with supporting browsers,
  “flashcards” integrated with the text
  (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
  tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
  Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
  carefully done human-translated
  context-appropriate English translations
  with literal & effective meanings,
  Simplified & Traditional characters,
  📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced, and
  📘 Reveal None controls
  for all the “flashcards” in a
  chapter, paragraph, etc.,
  links for getting around,
  picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
  Night Theme that can be turned on or off
  using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
  adjustable text size)
  (Info re offline viewing and printing)
• Short Links:
  Links > Publications > Books >
  Bible Teach Book Links (tiandi.info/bh)

In the above resource, the following web material is now available for the Mandarin Bible Teach book:

Proofread Pīnyīn Plus material:

• Beginning to the end of Ch. 1, Par. 12

Partially proofread Pīnyīn and Pīnyīn Plus material:

• Ch. 1, Par. 13 to the end of Ch. 17;
• Appx. 1 to Appx. 9;
• Appx. 12 to Appx. 14
• Material with a grey background has been partially proofread. Pīnyīn material with a golden-hued background has been proofread, but not all of its “flashcards” have been added and proofread.
• The adding of Pīnyīn Plus material and advanced expressions and the doing of proofreading are continuing in these sections, especially for the study questions.

Production work on the above resource had to be diverted for a while to focus on the Teach Us book Pīnyīn Plus web material resource, but fortunately, there is much overlap and synergy between these two resources. E.g., it seems that the scriptures used are basically the same. So, going forward, work on one of these resources will have an unusual amount of applicability to the other one as well.

(NOTE: While the organization expresses valid general concerns here about posting copies of official publications to the Internet, there are good legal and spiritual reasons for concluding that those concerns do not apply to this particular material, since such material should NOT be considered to be infringing on copyright, and since such material is specifically designed to be, NOT SPIRITUAL FOOD, but rather, material FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING. See this disclaimer for more information.)

MEotW: sàng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• 
• sàng

What is the feeling that is moving many Chinese people to tǎngpíng (lie flat) instead of running in the Chinese rat race? How can we help such ones?

(Note: The article linked to by the above screenshot contains some good information, but has a couple of curse words.)

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