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A fun way to move through winter!
A Winter Character Activity The Emperor was in charge of making the seasons go by smoothly In ancient times the Emperor was considered descendant and representative of Heaven on earth, and so he had...
View ArticleThe Nines of Winter: Nine sets of nine days until spring arrives
In China they talk about winter coming in nine sets of nine days beginning with the winter solstice. This poem describing the change in weather sounds really nice when spoken aloud in Chinese. I wish...
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Beginning of Lent Reflection
The first Lent reading is about the Chinese character for transform, to change, to turn, spelled zhuan in the romanized form. When you say to the taxi driver – wang you zhuan, that means “turn right.”...
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Character reflection 2 – to see through, to reveal
I woke up this morning in the soft morning light of early spring in Xuzhou, where Granny Han has her school. The birds are singing their morning greetings, and pattering around on the air conditioner...
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Mi-lu — To get lost, also used to describe an enthusiast
This is the character pair that means “to get lost” in Chinese: A character is made of bits and pieces… Today we are taking a look at the first character of the pair, mi, which means “to be lost,” and...
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Re Cheng — Hospitality
A character is made of bits and pieces… Today we are taking a look at the character pair, Re Cheng, which signifies “hospitality.” The bits… First character: Re means warm or hot, and is pronounced ruh...
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On the Chinese Character for “message”
Today’s reflection is on the character “Xin” – pronounced “shin” You are now part of the Character Reflections subscribers list. It’s nice to be in touch. If you are interested in knowing more about...
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The Chinese character for Generosity
is a two character combination word, spelled Kang Kai pronounced “Kahng Kii” Both parts of this character mean “generousity.” That often happens in Chinese, that the two characters will each mean...
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Happy Easter in Chinese
I was asked how to write “Happy Easter” in Chinese, so here it is! The first two characters together mean “resurrection.” The third in the top line is the character that marks a holiday. The two...
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Happy Passover in Chinese
And I finally found it – how to say Happy Passover in Chinese. Passover, the top three characters, are written yu yue jie using the romanized form. The bottom two characters mean “happy.” And a...
View ArticleGranny Han’s School – the Peng Cheng School in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province
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