mjj (flemmings) wrote,
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Prince of Han cont'd

My eyes my eyes my-eyes-my-eyes-my-eyes. (Doesn't hurt if I pause it at every line, but that does make for sloooow viewing.)

Also, Chinese? A word with you. 就, 對(对), 從(从), and all combinations of 為(为), 什 and麼(么): we hates them, my precious, we does, we does. Japanese may have five different readings for any character, but Chinese has five different meanings. At least. And all of them either interrogatives or connectives.
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    I have returned to my shiftless habits of yesteryear, reading till 3 am and snoozing in till noon. I'm awake before that but the bed is so warm and…

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    Hope this twitter thread will export. It's about Chinese usage of poetic references and/or mmh 'four character phrases' that draw on a common…

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