Showing posts with label The Princess Bride. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Princess Bride. Show all posts

Friday, August 02, 2024

MEotW: quèzáo

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What could we say to a Mandarin-speaker who insists that evolution is a fact?




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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

MEotW: duōyú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Is it really inconceivable that Chinese characters are not always necessary for reading and writing Mandarin?




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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

MEotW: yīnyì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What is transliteration? What is transcription? What is Pīnyīn?


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Monday, February 22, 2021

MEotW: fǎlǜ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What is one type of change reflected in how certain Bible words are now translated in the current version of the Mandarin New World Translation Bible?


In the movie _The Princess Bride_, Inigo Montoya says something to Vizzini
Also, a precautionary admonition for us Mandarin-learners


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