Wednesday, January 31, 2024

MEotW: chuán

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why might it be that current versions of the Insight book no longer have a section about the Chinese character “船 (ship)”?


P. 328 of Vol. 1 of the first printing of the _Insight_ book (1988), with a section about “船”


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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

MEotW: suíjī

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How does the Mandarin word for “random” show us that evolution, as portrayed by evolutionists, is a mere opportunist?


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Friday, January 19, 2024

MEotW: xuè

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What are some Mandarin expressions related to blood that are good for Mandarin field language learners to know?


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Friday, January 12, 2024

MEotW: xiǎnyǎn bāo

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin field, should we be afraid of standing out because of using Pīnyīn?



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Tuesday, January 02, 2024

MEotW: rénxīn‐huánghuáng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

When talking to Mandarin-speaking people, how might we bring up the topic of the anxiety-inducing year that we just lived through?


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