The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Are Chinese characters really more universal than alphabetic writing systems are?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
While they are simpler than traditional Chinese characters, why are the official simplified characters at best a compromise?
“爱” is the Simplified Chinese character for “love”. It’s simpler, but omits the “heart” radical (“心”), and has been “friend” (“友”)-zoned. 💔
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) February 20, 2017
“Ài” is how Pīnyīn represents “love”. It doesn’t play the games the characters play—it helps you actually say “I love you” (“Wǒ ài nǐ”). ❤️
— Troubadour WW (@troubadourww) February 20, 2017
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
In the big picture, how should we Mandarin field language learners view Chinese characters?
(The above picture is from near the beginning of the book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, by John DeFrancis.)
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
While worldly Chinese people consider Chinese calligraphy to be a precious part of their culture, what is precious about China in Jehovah’s eyes?
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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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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
Is Pīnyīn the Hangul of Mandarin?
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The Korean text “Joseongeul” and “Hangeul,” written in Hangul, the native Korean script. [source]
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