The word “Gain” also has the meaning of “Sharp” since it is made up of the root of “rice stalks” and the radical of knife on the right. The pictogram depicts usin… more →
Living Litedreamsofcode wrote 1 week ago: The past five weeks I have spent taking an introductory Chinese class (Monday through Thursday). I … more →
elizabethlemonphoto wrote 1 week ago: I am slowly swimming through all my photos from China in between internships, job seeking and puttin … more →
planetross wrote 3 weeks ago: If I was a Chinese character, I’d want to be Arnold from Happy Days or else that guy from T … more →
thecaledonian wrote 3 weeks ago: Federer hoping to cry tears of Wimbledon joy (from The Japan Times Online 22 June, 2009.) As Wimbled … more →
Haley wrote 1 month ago: I am now behind a week thanks to being sick,finally I am well enough to work again, though now with … more →
chicorydock wrote 1 month ago: I’m sure you’ve heard of it in some capacity (hopefully!), what with the recent debate … more →
elcanguro76 wrote 1 month ago: I have a couple of good, lengthy blog topics on my mind which I’ve been meaning to plod out ov … more →
allroadsopen wrote 2 months ago: This is one of the marvellous things about Chinese characters – and one of the reasons why I … more →
chineseguide wrote 2 months ago: Several days ago, when i was asked how Chinese is read/written whether “from left to right, li … more →
paperwithlines wrote 3 months ago: Today is Chinese Day, originally uploaded by paperandlines. blue sign at a yellow gate … more →
Haley wrote 3 months ago: Well its been a long week again, improving and expanding on documents and fleshing out all the tasks … more →
Kelly wrote 4 months ago: It has been almost a week since my last proper update (not counting the two language learner intervi … more →
fingerprintz wrote 4 months ago: This coffee scented card with mellowed earth tones has the Chinese character “shou” in t … more →
claralieu wrote 4 months ago: I attended a lecture at Wellesley College on Tuesday night by Chinese Calligrapher Mike Mei. My mot … more →
shiung wrote 5 months ago: How time flies! I’m soon leaving for the 11-day-trip! Finally I could probably picture the mee … more →
andrewong2024 wrote 5 months ago: During last weekend’s Chinese New Year church service, we were introduced to the origins of an … more →
city hermit wrote 5 months ago: The word “Gain” also has the meaning of “Sharp” since it is made up of the … more →
multilinguists wrote 6 months ago: Well its been almost a month since I started and due to some minor interruptions, I haven’t be … more →
Lan wrote 6 months ago: An undated photo of the practice of calligraphy. As quoted from wikipedia.com, “A contempor … more →