Showing posts with label JW Library app. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JW Library app. Show all posts

Sunday, August 23, 2026

MEotW: wēixíng “jīqì”

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can we tell Mandarin-speaking people in the field about the tiny machines inside our cells?



A computer-animated visualization of how tiny molecular machines inside our cells copy DNA


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Sunday, June 28, 2026

MEotW: chuàngzào

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can help us talk to Mandarin-speaking people about whether God used evolution to create living things?


“_Chuàngzào_” in Genesis 1:27 (NWT (nwtsty), WOL CHS+Pinyin), with “_zào_” in _Héhé Běn_

To represent how God caused humans to come into existence, the Mandarin New World Translation Bible uses “chuàngzào”, and the Héhé Běn (Union Version Chinese Bible) uses “zào”. Both these expressions contain the sense of “made, created”, and perhaps “built”.


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Sunday, April 19, 2026

MEotW: jǐngjǐng‐yǒu‐tiáo

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we say in Mandarin that the galaxies are distributed according to a pattern?


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Sunday, February 01, 2026

MEotW: yǔzhòu

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we get Mandarin-speaking people thinking about whether the universe was designed?


Chart: Languages by First-Language Speakers—2019

The worldwide Mandarin field is by far the largest language field in the world, and it’s likely that it is the largest language field ever in history.



The Great Wall of China

In addition to the inherent technical difficulty of the subject of creation/evolution, Mandarin field language learners also face the Great Wall of characters.


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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

MEotW: fǎngxiào

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Would it be good for other writing systems to emulate Chinese characters when it comes to (supposedly) representing meaning directly, without depending on speech sounds?


Should children be taught to read English, etc. words as if they were ideograms, like Chinese characters are supposed to be?


JW Library app, Library tab (iPad)

The Library tab in the JW Library app


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Friday, December 26, 2025

Learn From the Bible Book Pīnyīn Plus Material JW Library App Scripture Links

In the _Learn From the Bible_ book _Pīnyīn_ Plus material, beginning in Lesson 48 for now, *JW _nwtsty_* scripture links are now available that go to the scriptures in the JW Library app, when tapped on an iPhone or iPad. (Android has not been tested yet.) troubadourworks.com/tiandi/lf...

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— tiandi, Links News (@tiandilinksnews.bsky.social) Dec 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM

On an Apple Silicon Mac, when the *JW _nwtsty_* links are clicked in a WebKit-based browser like Safari or Orion, they go to the scriptures in the JW Library app. On other browsers, they go to the scriptures on jw.org. troubadourworks.com/tiandi/lfb/P...

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— tiandi, Links News (@tiandilinksnews.bsky.social) Dec 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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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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Sunday, August 24, 2025

MEotW: qiǎohé

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can we say to Mandarin-speaking people about the so-called “coincidences” that allow life to exist on earth?


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Sunday, August 10, 2025

MEotW: pèi

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we help to ensure that Jehovah gets the honour and glory he deserves as we serve in the Mandarin field?


“pèi” _Pīnyīn_ Plus info, Song 159 (music+_Pīnyīn_), on iPhone 13 mini (landscape orientation)

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Sunday, July 20, 2025

MEotW: Zàowù‐Zhǔ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why is it especially important to talk to people in the Mandarin field about the evidence showing that the Creator exists?


Chart: Languages by First-Language Speakers—2019

The worldwide Mandarin field is by far the largest language field in the world, and it’s likely that it is the largest language field ever in history.



The Great Wall of China

In addition to the inherent technical difficulty of the subject of creation/evolution, Mandarin field language learners also face the Great Wall of characters.


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Saturday, July 12, 2025

MEotW: xiāngduì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin field, what can we say to those who believe that living things evolved from relatively less complex living things?


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Sunday, June 15, 2025

MEotW: shēngjī‐bóbó

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin field, how can we use a Chinese idiom to help show that the earth was created?



A computer-animated visualization of how tiny molecular machines inside our cells copy DNA


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Sunday, May 04, 2025

MEotW: zìxué‐chéngcái

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Does being self-taught as a Mandarin field language learner need to lead to impostor syndrome?


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Sunday, April 06, 2025

MEotW: jiéjīng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin field, how can a Mandarin word about crystals help us talk about the Creator?


Closeup of a clockwork mechanism



Screenshot of Pinocchio from the trailer for the film Pinocchio (1940).

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Sunday, March 09, 2025

MEotW: cōnghuì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the Mandarin field, how can we talk about Jehovah being our intelligent Creator, and why should we do so?



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Saturday, February 01, 2025

MEotW: xiétiáo

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to Mandarin-speaking people about how well-coordinated the molecular machines inside our cells are?


Closeup of a clockwork mechanism



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Sunday, January 05, 2025

MEotW: yījù

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why should we Mandarin field language learners not hesitate to discuss the technically challenging subject of creation with Mandarin-speaking people?


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Sunday, November 17, 2024

MEotW: cuòzōng‐fùzá

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we help Mandarin-speaking people to more deeply appreciate just how complex our bodies’ cells are?


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Sunday, October 27, 2024

MEotW: qūshǐ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can help us face the challenge of actually talking with people in Mandarin about the evidence that life was created?


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Friday, September 20, 2024

MEotW: miǎománg

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How does the Mandarin expression “_miǎománg_” illustrate how remote the possibility is that life originated by chance?


NASA photo of the Pacific Ocean, as seen from space

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