Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current events. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2026

MEotW: jīngjì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to people in Mandarin about whether economic reform can bring world peace?


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Sunday, June 07, 2026

MEotW: shìjiè hépíng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What different expressions are used in the Mandarin NWT Bible to refer to different kinds of peace?


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Sunday, May 31, 2026

MEotW: réngōng zhìnéng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What could we say to people in Mandarin about artificial intelligence (AI)?


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Monday, May 11, 2026

MEotW: néngyuán

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to people in Mandarin about current issues related to energy, like high gas prices, etc.?


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Sunday, April 26, 2026

MEotW: bàolì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we say in Mandarin that Jesus will soon bring an end to all violence?


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Monday, March 16, 2026

MEotW: Gōngyè‐Dǎng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the grand scheme of things, how important is technology?


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Sunday, March 01, 2026

MEotW: Zhōngdōng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to honest-hearted ones in the Mandarin field about the fighting in the Middle East?


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Monday, February 09, 2026

MEotW: Mòrì Shízhōng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we talk to honest-hearted ones in the Mandarin field about the Doomsday Clock?


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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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Sunday, December 14, 2025

MEotW: Hāmǐjíduōdùn

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Do Chinese characters really directly represent meaning visually, without dependence on language sound?


Table 7 Semantic Versus Phonetic Aspects of Chinese Characters, p. 129, _The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy_

Table from p. 129 of the book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy


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Sunday, November 09, 2025

MEotW: hé‐zhànzhēng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we introduce to Mandarin-speaking people the subject of what the Bible says about nuclear war?


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Sunday, September 07, 2025

MEotW: Dì‐Èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why should we learn how to discuss in Mandarin what lesson 13 of the Enjoy Life Forever! book says about World War II?


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Sunday, July 06, 2025

MEotW: Zhōngdōng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What could we say to people in the Mandarin field who may be concerned about war in the Middle East?


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Sunday, June 22, 2025

MEotW: lìliang

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Why is it especially important to talk to people in the Mandarin field about the impressive and moving ways in which Jehovah God uses his power?


Chart: Languages by First-Language Speakers—2019

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

MEotW: Tiānfāng‐Yè‐Tán

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How could we reply to a Mandarin-speaking person who says that the idea of a world without war is just a fairy tale?


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Sunday, March 23, 2025

MEotW: xīngqiú

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What can we say to Mandarin-speaking people about why the earth is unique?


Earthrise - This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon.

Earthrise
This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon.


Pale Blue Dot - This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, taken from a distance of more than 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth,  is a part of the first ever “portrait” of the solar system taken by Voyager 1 (Earth is the blueish-white speck almost halfway up the rightmost band of light.)

Pale Blue Dot
This narrow-angle color image of the Earth, taken from a distance of more than 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, is a part of the first ever “portrait” of the solar system taken by the Voyager 1 space probe. (Earth is the blueish-white speck almost halfway up the rightmost band of light.)


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Sunday, March 16, 2025

MEotW: zhōngzhǐ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we say in Mandarin that Jesus will end war?


John Lennon and Yoko Ono with a sign saying “WAR IS OVER! IF YOU WANT IT Happy Christmas from John & Yoko”

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Yes, war will be over, although perhaps not exactly in the way they had imagined. [source]


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Sunday, March 02, 2025

MEotW: wúkě‐bǐnǐ

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

How can we tell Mandarin-speaking people that no one and nothing compares to Jehovah? What shows how great the need is in the worldwide Mandarin field?


“wúkě‐bǐnǐ” _Pīnyīn_ Plus info, Song 152 (music+_Pīnyīn_), on iPhone 13 mini (landscape orientation)

Chart: Languages by First-Language Speakers—2019

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

MEotW: Lǐ Huá

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Who is Lǐ Huá? Why have so many Chinese people and American people been talking about Lǐ Huá on the Chinese social media app Xiǎohóngshū (RedNote)?


The Great Wall of China

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Monday, January 20, 2025

MEotW: jíduān tiānqì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

What are some Mandarin expressions that we could keep in mind when speaking with Mandarin-speaking people about extreme weather and climate change?


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