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茕茕孑立  沆瀣一气 “we must all hang together, or,  most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” -Franklin

Remember when the world thought it needed “Lebensraum” or the “population explosion” would doom us all to Malthusian famines? But…

Russia is definitely getting attrited. Ukraine is too, but not as quickly. Russia wanted to do two encirclements in Donbas,…

The more cooperation China gives to the U.S.A. about Russia, the more cooperation China will get from the U.S.A.

dumb bunnies walking,  walkin in da woods wearin sum hoods go bunny go!

象棋qiang4qi2 (western) chess 围棋 Chinese Chess; Go  教练jiao4lian4 coach, instructor, trainer (lit. education+review)  答应da1ying4 response answer  损失sun1shi1 to lose  睁眼睛zheng4…

 The U.S. Supreme Court in a desperate effort to forestall communst OR fascist dictatorship in the 1930s undertoo a series…

  忙碌mang2lu4 busy 被动bei4dong4 passive努力nu2li4 slave虚伪xu1wei3 hypocritical思想si1xiang3 thought反省fan3xing3 self reflection, self examination据说ju4shuo1 it is said, they say, reportedly个性ge4xing4 individual character…

awk '{print $1}' file will print first word in every line of file.  I will probably put any and all…

$0 is the regex for the find what text $0 is the regex for the findwhat text $0 is the…

History is the stone hard facts and affairs of the city and its denizens recorded throughout time in the master…

京 Jing1​ abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minoritycapital city of a country / big / algebraic…

忠 zhong1​ loyal / devoted / honest 钟 Zhong1​ surname Zhong,  handle-less cup / goblet / to concentrate; clock /…

返航fan3hang2 HOMEWARD BOUND on the voyage home 恶劣el4ie4 evil, vile, (decomposition: inferior hearts+small-minded power) 可怕ke3pa4 to be feared, fearful, dreadful…

浪漫 UNRESTRAINED漫 WAVES浪 of passion roll over and INUNDATE漫 lovers!this man is slow 慢  曼 man4 handsome, large, long 幸福…

支教zhijiao4 volunteer teaching in a poor region  行动xing2dong4 action activity 家访jia1fang3 visit the parents of children 发言fa1yan2 speak,make a speech…

  贝壳,beike clam  得道,dedao obtain 买几个东西,maidongxi buy things   贮, zhu save store stockpile 失败,shibai defeat 员 yuan servant

咸Mouth/City+Ax=United/Kill+ xian2Cold,Icy冫bing1  when it is icy the temperature is REDUCED and there are FEWER wars.Compare:Achieve成 cheng2Or或 huo4   我要咬你的腰子,因为你肯定是一位妖精! 蚊子叮了我.疼了如钉子!…

见字如晤字如其人 Jiàn zì rú wù zì rúqí rén [First,] See characters as reflections* of yourself, [吾] [then see] characters are…

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 Senile Kissinger, abject failure, architect of the oh-so-brilliant U.S. foreign policy with war crimes in South America AND the rise…

亲爱qin1ai4dear,beloved违反3wei2fan3violate,goagainst(opposite:zunshou遵守)规矩gui1jurule,establishedpractice能干neng2gan4capable讲座jiang3zuo4lecture出席chu1xi2attend,bepresent酒吧jiu3ba1bar担任dan1ren4holdthepostof,serveas主席zhu3xi2chairman,chairwoman,chair,chairperson组织zu3zhi1organize外交wai4jiao1diplomacy(lit.external+exchange)经商jing1shang1dobusiness,engageintrade目标mu4biao1objective,goal系xi4departmentofauniversity名牌ming2pai4famous,brandname录取lu4qu3enroll,admit面临mian4lin2toface,confront一致yi2zhi4unanimous,identical让步rang4bu4concede,givein隐约yin3yue1indistinct,vague陌生mo4sheng1strange,unfamiliar某mou3some,certain健立jian4li4build,establish单独dan1du2alone,solitary沟通gou1tong1communicate横heng2across沙滩sha1tan1(sand)beach沉默chen2mo4silent(deep+silent)吻wen3kiss忍不住ren3buzhu4cannothelpbutdo幸亏xing4kui1fortunately暗an4dark,dim

空城计 kong1 cheng2 ji4 Literally: empty fortified city strategy   As a military strategy this is the idea to leave…

Fu on the left 阝is the hills nearest the city (sideways). This is where the clay comes from, may also…

过分guo4fen4 excessive lit. passed+split强调qiang2diao4 emphasize emphasize+describe作文zuo4wen2 essay write/make+culture 观点guan1dian3 viewpoint 客观ke4guan1 objective client+view全面quan2mian4 all around, multifaceted comprehensive all+face 转变zhuan3bian4 transform…

 Make a picture out of the hanzi. Draw a picture of a stream for 水 or a spigot with water.Make…

远上寒山石径斜，distant high cold mountain stone footpath inclined  白云生处有人家。  white cloud birth resides has intimates 停车坐爱枫林晚，  stop wagon seated loving maple…

怪不得Guàibùde – No wonder 静音jìngyīn — Muted 饮料 yǐnliào — Drink/beverage —罐yíguàn — One can 情人节qíngrén jié — Chinese Valentine’s Day 5.20 离谱Lípǔ…

情愿 qing2yuan2 predestined love 逻辑luo2ji2 logic 硬/软 ying4/ruan3 hard/soft 死记硬背si3ji4ying4bei4 rote memorize 演变yan3bian2 develop 偶然ou3ran4 by chance, randomly 遗憾yi2han4 deep…

 If the nest is over-turned no egg will be sparedi.e. if there is a revolution or unrest in Beijing even…

英国天空岛 British space station / satellite发现最大 discovers largest侏罗纪珠 pearl, probably Shanghai’s oriental pearl俄罗斯 Russia纪录 Notes翼 疫 both are forth tone.…

 莺 the Chinese phoneme ying appears to refer to many varieties of beautiful birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles…

小崗上哨兵握著他焵過旳鋼劍。   Xiǎo gǎng shàng shàobīng wòzhe tā gàngguò dì gāng jiàn.   THE SENTRY ON THE HILLOCK HELD HIS…

《垓下歌》 “Gāixià gē” The Song of  Gaixia 力拔山兮氣蓋世。  lì bá shān xī qì gàishì.     Powerfully climbing the mountain, spirit…

格路  ge2lu4  This ge means pattern square frame style standard and thus also character.Though I am unsure if it can…

帅 master, as in master swordsman, knight, not errant, a commandershuai4 呆 dumb as a tree aka stupiddai1    帅呆…

 这七间房子里有一千只机器鸡 zhè qī jiān fáng zi lǐ yǒu yī qiān zhǐ jī qì jī Pronunciation exercise 

　　战国时期，有一个叫将闾的学者，鲁国的国君听说他很有见识，便召见他，请他讲一讲如何治理国家的事，将闾推辞不掉，便对鲁国的国君说：“要实行恭敬和节俭，擢用公正忠诚的人，行政大公无私，人民谁敢不和睦相处呢？” 　　将闾离开鲁国国君，总觉得自己说的不一定对，于是他找到当时很有名望的一个学者，名叫季彻，将闾向季彻说了给鲁国国君说的话，问季彻自己说的是否对。季彻听了没有说对也没有说不对，就给将闾讲了一个小故事。 　　季彻说：“一天他驾车出游，路上见一个螳螂在车辙里。它看到我的车子过来了，便奋力举起了它的双臂，企图阻止我的车子前进，我看着他的样子又佩服又可怜，佩服它的勇敢，可怜它的不自量力。”说完他哈哈的笑了。 　　螳臂挡车将闾吃惊地说：“先生是说鲁国国君照我说的去做，要实现圣明之治，如同螳螂挡车是不能胜任的吧！”季彻没有回答，他说：“最伟大的圣人治理天下的做法是，顺应民心的自然活动，来完成教化，改易俗习。这样人民都能去掉有害心思，增进专一于道的志向。就好像随本性自然形成，而不知为什么会这样。要使天下皆同一于自然之德，必须使内心安定才是。” 　　鲁国的国君照将闾的见解治理国家，麻烦事一天比一天多，连自己也处于危险境地，他就不再实行了。   　　马本来具有天生的素质，它的蹄子可以践踏霜雪，它的皮毛可以抵御风寒。它饿了吃草，渴了喝水，扬蹄奋起奔跑如飞好像腾云驾雾一样，这是自然赋于马的本性。宫殿般豪华的房屋和宽大的高台对于它来说都是无用的。 　　但是由于伯乐的出现，马的景况就完全改变了。伯乐曾因善于识别千里马而闻名于世，后又从事训练马的行当，不久又成了远近闻名的训马高手。 　　伯乐训马的办法很多，马只要到了他的手里就要采取了烙、饿、打、困的方法把马治服。所谓“烙”，就是为了把马的天生气势打下去，就用烧得火红火红的烙铁烙马，马被烙得遍体鳞伤，没了气力，然后修剪马毛，铲削马掌，烙上印号，这样经过训治，十分之二三的马就要死掉了；所谓“饿”，就是为了训练马的耐力，饿了不让马吃，渴了不让马喝；所谓“打”，就是为了调整马的奔跑速度和技巧，便时快时慢的控制它，用鞭子狠狠抽打，使马按照人的意图行进。所谓“困”，就是在马受了这些折磨以后，再把马关在马厩里，长期困乏它，经过伯乐的训治，马死一半以上。 　　伯乐训马庄子说：“马在陆地上，吃草饮水；高兴时它们就摩擦颈项，表示亲爱；忿怒时，就背相对，互相踢蹋。马所晓得的已尽于此了。等到把驾马的横木加在马的身上，用遮眼的东西加在马的头上，使马的行止齐一，马方才知怎用眼睛斜看，不愿就范，曲颈不伸，欲脱其扼，甚至猛戾抵突，吐衔窃辔，而不驯服。所以使马晓得这些，失去了它们的本性，以致行动诡诈，近于盗贼的，都是伯乐训马造成的啊！”   　战国时期，有一个叫将闾的学者，鲁国的国君听说他很有见识，便召见他，请他讲一讲如何治理国家的事，将闾推辞不掉，便对鲁国的国君说：“要实行恭敬和节俭，擢用公正忠诚的人，行政大公无私，人民谁敢不和睦相处呢？” 　　将闾离开鲁国国君，总觉得自己说的不一定对，于是他找到当时很有名望的一个学者，名叫季彻，将闾向季彻说了给鲁国国君说的话，问季彻自己说的是否对。季彻听了没有说对也没有说不对，就给将闾讲了一个小故事。 　　季彻说：“一天他驾车出游，路上见一个螳螂在车辙里。它看到我的车子过来了，便奋力举起了它的双臂，企图阻止我的车子前进，我看着他的样子又佩服又可怜，佩服它的勇敢，可怜它的不自量力。”说完他哈哈的笑了。 　　螳臂挡车将闾吃惊地说：“先生是说鲁国国君照我说的去做，要实现圣明之治，如同螳螂挡车是不能胜任的吧！”季彻没有回答，他说：“最伟大的圣人治理天下的做法是，顺应民心的自然活动，来完成教化，改易俗习。这样人民都能去掉有害心思，增进专一于道的志向。就好像随本性自然形成，而不知为什么会这样。要使天下皆同一于自然之德，必须使内心安定才是。” 　　鲁国的国君照将闾的见解治理国家，麻烦事一天比一天多，连自己也处于危险境地，他就不再实行了。

Chinese is badly taught. First learn the kangxi radicals, then the pictograms and ideograms then the combined concept characters 会意字…

overlap 重叠 Chóngdié  participate 参加 Cānjiā mutual 相互的 Xiānghù de on the other hand 另一方面 lìng yī fāngmiàn   correspond…

春天在哪里 春天在哪里呀　春天在哪里 春天在那青翠的山林里 这里有红花呀　这里有绿草 还有那会唱歌的小黄鹂 嘀哩哩哩哩嘀哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩嘀哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩哩 春天在清翠的山林里 还有那会唱歌的小黄鹂 春天在哪里呀　春天在哪里 春天在那湖水的倒映里 映出红的花呀　映出绿的草 还有那会唱歌的小黄鹂 嘀哩哩哩哩嘀哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩嘀哩哩 嘀哩哩哩哩哩 春天在湖水的倒映里…

宋诗《夏日绝句》 Xià Rì Juéjù 夏日绝句 Lǐ Qīnɡzhào (Sònɡ) 李清照(宋) Shēnɡ dānɡ zuò rén jié, 生当作人杰， sǐ yì wéi ɡuǐ xiónɡ.…

颤抖 chan4 dou3  tremble, shake, shudder, shiver. There is another word “quiver” in English which means a case for holding…

 https://genius.com/Lexie-liu-manta-lyrics Not a swimming pool it’s an ocean.That my 24 karat, got you frozen ya?活在不一样世界 又怎样? [Different form of life in this world…

夂Zhǐ footprint NOT a walking person.攵,攴pū hand又 holding high 上 a hammer止zhǐ picture of the foot = stop步bù foot+small=step, pace…

厶si1 private, personal; possibly a silkworm? As a pictorial element depicts circles. It is NOT an arrow indicating movement! Exceptionally…

Like other Westerners (blame Clausewitz) you mistakenly see war as a solution instead of the problem. Wars do often institute…

天TALL齐CULTURED MAN文 standing by his HORSE马 骄jiao 天tian1 qi齐 wen文 儿er ma马 骄 is an easy character. It’s the image…

 zao3早morning = dan4旦dawn shi2十10 10+Dawn=early In ancient China the week had 10 days. Shi10十 is also a phonetic clue Dawn…

 检查 jian3cha2 to check examine inspect This colocation is frequent useful but uintuitive so let’s review it. Jian “J.ust I.nspect…

船 chuan2 boat  舱 cang1 cabin picture of the boat itself on the left seen from the top 舟zhou1 picture…

𡗗 most often this character component is a pair of human hands  lifting up or grasping a fertile spring shoot…

 惯例guan4li4 routine万股wan2gu4 stubborn奢侈she1chi3 luxurious指数zhi3shu4 index居民ju1min2 resident当前dang1qian2 current at present扰乱rao3luan4 disturb disrupt摧残cui1can2 destroy damage普及pu3ji2 popularize盛行sheng4xing2 prevail过瘾guo4yin3 satisfy a craving分泌fen1mi4 secrete职能zhi2neng2 function衰老shuai1lao3…

领会ling3hui4 understand grasp 内涵nei4han2 meaning connotation港湾gang1wan1晴朗qing2lang3 sunny清澈qing1che4 clear出身chu1shen2 absorbed in lost in thought弦xian2 string of a ninstrument美妙mei3miao4 beautiful fantastic砍伐kan3fa2 cut…

天网恢恢,疏而不漏 “The nets of heaven remedy all, they remove obstructions and do not leak.” 恢 heart+grey=hui1 the grey in this…

参 Can1, to participate, take part in, join was originally the constellation Orion, the hunter.  https://hanziyuan.net/#%E5%8F%82Three stars on top of…

备忘录 bei4wang4lu4 memorandum [literal translations in brackets like this]岂有此理  qi3you3ci3li3 how unreasonable [idiom]庸俗 yong1su2 vulgar [lit. ‘common custom’]档次 dang4ci4 level…

系xi2 department (of a university)名牌ming2pai2 famous brand录取lu4qu3 enroll admit面临mian4lin2 face confront一只yi2zhi4 identical unanimous让步rang4bu4 concede, give in 隐约yin3yue1 indistinct 一致一样陌生 mo4sheng1…

培养 pei2yang3 foster train对手dui4shou3 opponent rival公寓12gong1yu2 apartment flat文具wen2ju4 stationery电池dian4chi2 electrical battery 日用品ri4yong4pin3 daily necessities利润li4run4 profit诚信cheng2xin1 in good faith, honest媒体mei2ti3 media对象dui4xiang4…

乖guai1 obedient刻苦ke4ku3 hard working遵守zun1shou3 respectful observe abide纪律ji4lv discipline rule征求zheng1qiu2 seek ask for 念 nian4 to study 例如:念法律基本 13 ji1ben3 basically…

届 jie4 semester, year, sessions, class本科 ben3 ke1 undergraduate education 姐姐面对mian4dui4 confront乐观le4 guan4 optimistic就与jiu4 ye4 find employment实话shi2 hua4 truth true…

过分guo4 fen4 too much, to go to far 强调qiang2 diao4 emphasize作文zuo4 wen2 essay, composition观点guan1 dian3 idea, opinion, lit. view point客观ke4…

福如东海 2213 fu2ru2dong1hai3 wealth as vast as the eastern sea 福星高照 2114 fu2xing1gao1zhao4 good fortune, stars, high, shining 福寿无疆 2421…

福禍想依  Fú huò xiǎng yī   Fortune and misfortune depend on each other, the Chinese idiom, pinyin is huò fú…

恒 This heng2恒 is the image of the Sun日ri4 between the Two二 axes of sky and earth beside the determinant…

 Chinese is S.o I.ntense! Remember! They use an AX 斤 and a DUSTPAN 其 to S hred I t open…

 千篇一侓 Qiān piān yī lù 五花八面  wǔ huā bā miàn乐不思蜀  lèbùsīshǔ 归心似箭  guīxīn sì jiàn鬼鬼祟祟  guǐ guǐsuì suì光明磊落 guāngmínglěiluò出类拔萃  chūlèibácuì滥竽充数 …

新 new (ax 斤 chops open NEW wood亲) 年 year (it’s a picture of a guy with the annual harvest…

盈 ying2 full surplus  債 zhai4 debt  贯 guan4 string of coins depicted on top which is what this one…

办公室午餐好选择  choose your mid-day meal at the office well!解决选择困难症 Choose to Decisively Resolve Digestive Difficulties! The text exhibits some retro…

 This is about Chinese tones. Either you know what it means and care or don’t and shouldn’t. Tone duration: 4th…

let me Tell告 you  how to build a Boat舟 a House宀 or even a Road 辶 造 TO BUILD

束缚Shùfù Bondage  自由zìyóu  freedom 提倡 tíchàng promote   反对 fǎnduì oppose威武  wēiwǔ mighty brave  懦弱  nuòruò weak cowardly 违抗  wéikàng disobey+…

罒 This character means both “net” and “eyeball”: it’s an example of how standardization and simplification of the pictographs led…

获 huo4 – get obtain Herbs and grasses on top 艹 Dog determinant  on the left犭  wild war dog on…

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNA5Dvp3jIo

“I was younger and stupid” So? Stupidity isn’t a legal defense.  Enjoy your free government housing.

臼 馅 陷 掐 臼 Jiù  mortar as in mortar and pestle 馅 xiàn stuffing filling 陷 xiàn pitfall, trap,…

色即是空 即 namely, i.e.  其 his her its it 色literal: desire, by extension: color 空literally empty, by extension: void 亦also…

 救助 Jiùzhù rescue rhymes lit save+powerful ancestor =aid 赤字Chìzì deficit  lit. red character lit a red hot naked person dropping…

不知分寸亲切 Bùzhī fēncùn qīnqiè graceless, unable to reciprocate hospitality 暧昧不清 Àimèi bù qīng ambiguous司马昭之心  sīmǎ zhāozhī xīn heart of Sima…

门 mén gate 闩 shuān barred gate闪 shǎn flash问 wèn ask 闭 bì block闯 chuǎng rush outmaneuver 闬 hàn Village…

 Frequently in Chinese the same phoneme has a related meaning. 吃慢点 eat slowly Chī màn diǎn 慢慢吃 eat slowly màn…

i long for a lobsterette  i yearn for the open ocean!  but i don’t really have a brain  so i…

 宫中词  寂寂花时闭院门 Jí jí huā shí bì yuàn mén [Uncle: 叔叔]美人相并立琼轩。 měirén xiāng bìnglì qióng xuān.[America: 美国]含情欲说宫中事， Hán qíngyù shuō…

豪情还剩了一襟晚照=heroic emotions still remained in the cherished glow of the evening Reindeer = TAME DEER 驯鹿 TAME驯 Horses马 Follow顺 along…

Hand Gestures shou3shi4手势 sounds like fingers 手指 shou3zhi3 power力li4 pellet丸 hand扌= GESTURE handy power pellet! 势 pointing with at daggar匕…

神奇shen2qi1 divine mysterious, magical, miraculous丝瓜si1gua1 gourd随机sui2ji2 immediately 一株树 zhu1 m/w for trees plants一粒米 li4 m/w for granular objects土壤tu3rang3 soil肥沃fei2wo4 fertile滋润zi1run4…

直 zhi2 is a ray of light coming straight out of one’s eye目mu4 as the idea of STRAIGHT DIRECT UPRIGHT…

 Hot chicks make me Act, Horny.=角 [a horn, an actor/role because actors use props] jue2in fact实… (picture of a big大da4…

 场面 chang3mian2 spectacle端 duan1 carry with both hands 盛 cheng2 hold contain东张西望 dong1 zhang1 xi1 wang4 企图 qi2tu2 attempt动手 dong4shou3…

客从东方来，衣上灞陵雨。 问客何为来，采山因买斧。 冥冥花正开，飏飏燕新乳。 昨别今已春，鬓丝生几缕。 Kè cóng dōngfāng lái, yī shàng bà líng yǔ. Wèn kè hé wéi lái, cǎi shān…

The ancients used sounds and images to distinguish good from evil. 古人象形声意辨恶良 吊 to HANG as in to hang a…

笠 li4 it’s a rainhat made of bamboo.  bamboo on top, standing person on the bottom, illustrates the idea. sound…

Because there are so few cognates between European languages and Chinese we must make do with link-words, which are words…