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One year in Shanghai
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5 mars 2012

Chinese / chinois

A Chinese compass is literally a "point South clock" (ours point towards North). The same word 运 means transport and luck. Luck, or destiny, is what hauls us throughout life... Une boussole chinoise est mot à mot (caractère à caractère) une "montre qui...
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4 février 2012

Good luck / Porte bonheur

Good luck / Porte bonheur
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13 janvier 2012

One step further / A fond!

One step further / A fond!
I changed gear in Chinese... I ordered the grocery online... in Chinese! I hope we get food this week! Je suis passée à la vitesse supérieure... j'ai passé ma commande hebdomadaire... en chinois. J'espère qu'on aura à manger ce week-end !
6 janvier 2012

Chinese / chinois

Read on the BBC today: "Brain function can start declining 'as early as age 45" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16425522)... well that leaves me one year (and two months) to still hope to learn Chinese. And I can't use yet my declining brain function...
26 novembre 2011

miscellaneous / divers

Nice autumn day in Shanghai- sunny and not as cold as last week (all relative though). The leaves are falling which gives a nice feeling of season. "Strengthen your strengths to pull your weaknesses upwards." No, it's not a Chinese saying, but my new...
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18 novembre 2011

Chinese institute / l'institut de chinois

Chinese institute / l'institut de chinois
Here is where I spend two mornings a week. Voilà où je passe deux matinées par semaine.
14 novembre 2011

Gaofang

Gaofang
Read in today's newspaper: "Jinbu in winter and kill a tiger in spring." It is the season to eat gaofang (herbal paste) as "reinforcing therapy" (jinbu) and store yang (hot) energy for the winter. The selection of herbs depend on each patient's condition....
11 novembre 2011

11/11/11

The 11th of November is usually the day of the bachelors and lonely people in China (all "1"). This year was a super-bachelor and lonely day (11/11/11)... so China apparently saw a record of weddings on that day. Logical. D'habitude, le 11 novembre est...
28 octobre 2011

word of the day / mot du jour

完美 Literally "finished - beautiful" ... it means "perfect"! Les deux caractères "fini" et "beau" ensemble veulent dire "parfait". Explicite, non ?
24 octobre 2011

number language / langue des chiffres

Numbers have meanings in Chinese - either auspicious (6, 8...) or unfavourable (4, 7...) depending how they sound (4= death for instance). Chinese youth also use numbers to chat online: 88= baba = bye bye 520 = wo ai ni = I love you 7878= qu ba qu ba...
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