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巫哲《解药》Antidote, Chapter 2 [Vocabulary]
I get the storyline all confused now because I've seen the donghua and if there is fan translation I will read it before attempting...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
May 2, 20212 min read
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巫哲《解药》Antidote, Chapter 1 [Vocabulary]
I have finally, FINALLY finished reading the first chapter of a BL book. All my efforts in translating the literary giants of China is...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Apr 26, 20213 min read


蕭紅《王啊嫂的死》Death of Mrs. Wáng by Xiāo Hóng, Chapter 2
Translator 译者:鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng Buy Me Tea 在村裏〔里〕,王妹子,愣三,竹三爺〔爷〕,這〔这〕都是公共的名稱〔称〕。是凡傭〔佣〕工階級〔阶级〕都是這〔这〕樣〔样〕簡單〔简单〕而不變〔变〕化的名字。這〔这〕就是工人階級〔阶级〕一個〔...

鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng
Apr 19, 20219 min read
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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]
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]
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


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


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


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


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]
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]
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


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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