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Category: Chinese Characters
丹: From Ancient Alchemy to Human Health
In today’s world, weapon competition under high-tech integration measures the infinite possession of material wealth and fierce economic strength. But, do you know how gunpowder for weapons was invented as one of the four major inventions in ancient China and…
Read More静: Stillness is the Biggest Movement
Time brings a great change to the world. With technology’s daily fast development, substance brings forth the fresh at every single moment. A richly decorated crystal and jade palace today will all flutter away like a passing cloud one day….
Read More脏-藏: Recharge Your Treasure Boxes
Life is like a rechargeable battery, requiring career recharging, professional recharging, health recharging… from time to time, to maintain a high energy level. Did this concept exist before the battery’s existence? Yes. And, we can learn it through a single…
Read More志: That Innate Purpose and Determination
What means the determined will and the noble integrity of a person? Does a scholar, or a gentleman or a soldier acting on behalf of their true hearts describe any meaning of a person’s determined will and noble integrity? I…
Read More云: The Cloud or the Data Storage?
In June, SilkRoad Cooperation inspired me to work on the soulful Silk Road story through the character 丝-silk https://lnkd.in/gUJFph3s. Our collaboration in bridging cultural sharing in helping business continues. Today, we talk about 云-cloud, which connects a natural phenomenon with our digital daily…
Read More稳: Stand Steady like a Mountain
In different languages over the globe, there are various ways to describe the reactions of human beings in the face of difficulties and extreme trials. In Chinese, we often use 稳如泰山 to describe the cool-headed calmness and steadfastness of a…
Read More值: Searching for “Value”
I read a small article talking about value and it motivated me to do some research on the Chinese character “值”, which means value and worth in English. To find some photos I can use for this post, I entered…
Read More本: The Hidden Root
As one of the most fundamental characters, 木-wood/tree, used to be questioned by a younger me that why during its simplification, the center of this word is completely moved to the lower part. As we may all know that the…
Read More斗-Fight: Against Each Other? Or In Finding the True North!
Chinese characters have been in the process of development and simplification from graphics to graphical characters over history. In pursuing the benefits for common people in China and the rest of the world to learn the language more easily, our…
Read More听-Listen: Focused with Eyes, Ears, Brain, and Heart, then Gain
People intend to listen to what they want to listen to. They feel resonation, recognition, happiness, and energy when they listen to something they are intending to listen to. They feel conflict, restlessness, contempt, neglect, avoidance, even depression when they…
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