“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. – Confucius 己所不欲，勿施于人。己所不欲。勿施於人。”
Category: Advanced Learning
How is 夏 from？
夏 originally meant ”people in the central state” and later was used to mean “summer” in the sense
that it looks like a person with bare foot and exposed arms.
Homophonic Rhetoric in Chinese
In Chinese, homonyms are applied to produce very interesting rhetorical speech. As the Chinese New Year of the Sheep 羊 yáng is drawing near, you will hear one or some of the following greetings with homophonic rhetoric.
English words borrowed from Chinese
There are plenty of English words borrowed from Chinese language. In the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary (second edition in 1989), there are more than 1,300 English words with Chinese as the source. Continue reading “English words borrowed from Chinese”
Chinese words borrowed from English
In Chinese, there are lots of words borrowed from English and other languages. For example: neon 霓虹灯, nylon, 尼龙, tyre 胎, hula, 呼啦圈, cartoon 卡通, etc. Continue reading “Chinese words borrowed from English”