MEotW: lǐngxiù

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• lǐngxiù

Why might it be that the Mandarin word for “leader” on a certain level of literalness means “collar sleeves”?

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MEotW: rénxīn‐huánghuáng

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

• rénxīn‐huánghuáng

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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