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The Little Prince, Chapter 5 [Vocabulary]
There is botany theme in chapter 5. I find the word for boabab tree especially funny in Chinese because it is literally "monkey bread...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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The Little Prince, Chapter 4 [Vocabulary]
There seems to be an astronomical theme in this chapter. I find the literal meaning of these words to be interesting for example the word...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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![The Little Prince, Chapter 3 [Vocabulary]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/370a1a_ab49c904362e44b89b9e5e336be08c8b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/370a1a_ab49c904362e44b89b9e5e336be08c8b~mv2.webp)
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The Little Prince, Chapter 3 [Vocabulary]
逐渐 zhújiàn gradually 逐 zhú to pursue; to chase; individually; one by one 渐 jiàn gradual; gradually 谦逊 qiānxùn humble; modest;...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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![灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 3 [Excerpt]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/370a1a_0285109c9a844c37b9dedd48089d159b~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/370a1a_0285109c9a844c37b9dedd48089d159b~mv2.webp)
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灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 3 [Excerpt]
欧阳阳 Ōuyáng Yáng: 7:57 欧阳神算 Ōuyáng shénsuàn Ōuyáng Divination: 7:58 身心顺安 Shēnxīn shùn ān Revitalize mind and body. 8:00 看风水治痛经 Kàn...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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蕭紅《王啊嫂的死》Death of Mrs. Wáng by Xiāo Hóng, Chapter 1
Translator 译者:鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng Buy Me Tea 草葉〔叶〕和菜葉〔叶〕都蒙蓋〔盖〕上灰白色霜。山上黃〔黄〕了葉〔叶〕子的樹〔树〕,在等候太陽〔阳〕。太陽〔阳〕出來〔来〕了,又走進〔进〕朝霞去。野甸上的花花草草,在飄〔飘〕送着〔著〕秋天...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 20, 20217 min read
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绯 Fēi Maroon
Amidst a shower of apricot blossoms - intoxicating! Wanderer when will you return? When you return we’ll watch the swallows flittering in...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 20, 20213 min read
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佳人曲 The Song of Beauty
李延年 《佳人曲》 Lǐ YánNián 《Jiārén Qū》 Translator 译者:鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng Buy Me Tea 北方有佳人,絕世而獨立。 一顧傾人城,再顧傾人國。 寧不知傾城與傾國。 佳人難再得。 北方有佳人,绝世而独立。...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 16, 20211 min read
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西红柿女孩 Tomato Girl
作者:(法)露荷·蒙路布 文/图,武娟 译 Mandarin to English Translator 中英译者: 鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng Buy Me Tea 这个小姑娘叫米乐。她非常,非常,非常害羞。只要有人叫她的名字,她就会变得满脸通红!可怜的米乐!...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 16, 20214 min read
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灵契 Spiritpact, Chapter 200 [Excerpt]
Congratulations to me! I have finished reading chapter 200 of Spiritpact the 漫画 mànhuà comic. I am still less than half way through this...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 15, 20211 min read
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![People & Places [Vocabulary]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/370a1a_e036b7e3d3d64358b3b4c0dca5846be0~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/370a1a_e036b7e3d3d64358b3b4c0dca5846be0~mv2.webp)
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People & Places [Vocabulary]
新泽西 xīn zéxī New Jersey 巴塞罗那 bā sài luó nà Barcelona 荷兰 hélán Holland/Netherlands 罗马 luómǎ Rome, capital of Italy 欧盟 ōuméng European...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 13, 20211 min read
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![灵契 Spiritpact, Chapter 189 [Excerpt]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/370a1a_336c4459714349778b122dd878786d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/370a1a_336c4459714349778b122dd878786d49~mv2.webp)
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灵契 Spiritpact, Chapter 189 [Excerpt]
神龙章轩 ShénLóng ZhāngXuān: 「黄泉之镜」左手回溯,右手再现, huángquán zhī jìng zuǒshǒu huísù yòushǒu zàixiàn The Yellow Springs* Mirror: The left hand sees...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 11, 20211 min read
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灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 2 [Vocabulary]
There seemed to be more relationship related words in this episode: 1. (6:46) 压马路 yà mǎlù stroll around the streets, especially of a...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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灵契 Spiritpact, Season 2, Episode 1 [Excerpt]
杨敬华 Yáng JìngHuá [aside]: 2:02 我叫杨敬华。 wǒ jiào yáng jìng huá My name is Yáng JìngHuá. 2:03 自小父母双亡。 zì xiǎo fùmǔ shuāng wáng My parents...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 8, 20213 min read
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The Little Prince, Chapter 2 [Vocabulary]
Chinese is made up of 字 zì single syllable characters; one or more 字 forms a 词 cí which is a word. When reading a sentence in Chinese it...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 7, 20212 min read
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The Sad Part Was by Prabda Yoon
I am reading a book by the Thai author Prabda Yoon called The Sad Part Was which is a collection of 12 stories and I recently finished...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 3, 20216 min read
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灵契 Spiritpact, Season 1 [Vocabulary]
I finished transcribing all of 灵契 Líng Qì Spiritpact, Season 1 in Mandarin today! Each episode is 10 minutes long, not counting the...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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The Little Prince, Chapter 1 [Vocabulary]
Thank goodness for Google translate, I used it to quickly check up the 汉语拼音 Hànyǔ Pīnyīn, otherwise the entire process would be very...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Feb 27, 20211 min read
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The Little Prince, Chapter 1, Thai
This is my first time reading The Little Prince. I thought that this would be an easy Thai book to read, but after going through Ch. 1...

พิชญา Pichaya
Feb 25, 20211 min read
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