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Chinese Idioms - 退避三舍
February 12, 2009 at 07:48 AM
退避三舍 (Retreating about Thirty Miles as Condition For Peace) tuì bì sān shě Retreating about Thirty Miles as Condition For Peace 退避三舍During the S...
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Chinese Idiom - 洛阳纸贵
February 12, 2009 at 07:42 AM
洛阳纸贵 (Overwhelming Popularity of a New Work Causes Shortage of Printing Paper) luò yáng zhǐ guì Overwhelming Popularity of a New Work Cau...
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Chinese Idioms - 草木皆兵
February 12, 2009 at 07:36 AM
Every Bush and Tree Looks Like an Enemy (草木皆兵, cǎo mù jēi bīng) 草木皆兵Every Bush and Tree Looks Like an Enemy During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian, king of t...
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A text message from my ayi
February 12, 2009 at 02:53 AM
My ayi doesn't send me text messages very often, and this one is clearly a forward, but I thought I'd share it with you users, because it 很有中国特色 (hén yǒu Zhōn...
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apple test
February 12, 2009 at 01:57 AM
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Chinese Idioms - 后来居上
February 12, 2009 at 01:34 AM
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers (后来居上, hou4 lai2 ju1 shang4 ) 后来居上The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers This set phrase is derived from the complaints Ji An ma...
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Chinese Idioms - 按图索骥
February 12, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Looking for a Steed with the Aid Of Its Picture (按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì) 按图索骥Looking for a Steed with the Aid Of Its Picture During the Spring and Au...
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Chinese Idioms - 邯郸学步
February 12, 2009 at 01:22 AM
Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be One's Own Ability (邯郸学步 han dan xue bu) 邯郸学步Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be...
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Chinese Idioms - 守株待兔
February 12, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Staying by a Stump Waiting for More Hares To Come and Dash Themselves Against It (守株待兔, shou zhu dai tu) 守株待兔Staying by a Stump Waiting for More Hares To Come and Da...
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Chinese Idioms - 如火如荼
February 12, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Like Fire and Flowering Rush (如火如荼 ru huo ru tu) 如火如荼 Like Fire and Flowering Rush In the years around 480 B.C.,China was in the last phase of the Spring and Autumn...
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