差强人意 is a Chinese idiom that is often misunderstood—and sometimes used completely wrong.
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汉字中隐藏的手：手字旁及其变形
说到手，我们都知道汉字是由古人的双手创造的。语言是生活的反映，手在我们的生活中非常重要，那手在汉语里有多重要呢？ Continue reading “汉字中隐藏的手：手字旁及其变形”
八 to halve
八 is simple ideogram, which resembles an object which is divided into two halves. The character originally meant “separate”, a meaning now replaced by 分. 八 has been phonetically loaned for the number eight.
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