Why is Russia called 俄罗斯 in Chinese?
Russia is located in the north of China. Chinese knew the name of Russia from nomadic peoples in the north, who speak Altaic (including Mongolian, …
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Russia is located in the north of China. Chinese knew the name of Russia from nomadic peoples in the north, who speak Altaic (including Mongolian, …
What does 左 mean in Chinese? The obvious answer is, of course, “left.” But, come on, that’s boring. Let’s have some fun with this. And, …
Literally, ‘吃鸡’ means ‘eat chicken’ in Chinese. But recently, it has extended meaning as an online buzzword — referring the popular game 绝地求生:大逃杀 or PlayerUnknown’s …
You can separate this name to two parts:徐 is regarded as surname, which is succeeded from the family, and 若滢 as first name, which contains …
Funny story, that. There actually was a time where those two characters were simplified. Following the huge success of the first round simplification in 1956, …
Ah, so you are trying to translate Wei Zheng’s analects. The full quote is: “吾十有五而志于学,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳顺,七十而从心所欲,不逾矩。” An approximative translation would be: “At fifteen, I was focused …
Despite both being spelt Lee, the way it is pronounced in England and the USA is quite different when sounded in Mandarin and again in …
How do you translate 好汉不吃眼前亏 into English? Literal meaning of each component: 好汉 (hero, “a real man”) 不 (does not) 眼前 (“in front of the …
Chinese netizens love using abbreviations. “nmsl” is just an abbreviation used as an internet slang. NM$L/nmsl : Never Mind the Scandal and Liber. In Chinese, …
我不累。 I’m not tired. 因为汉字是二维的,而字母文字是一维的。 Because Chinese characters are two-dimensional and alphabetic letters are one-dimensional. 所以实际上,写汉字可以在更少的空间内放下更多的内容。 So in fact, writing Chinese characters allows you to …