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Sunday, December 14, 2025

中文 Compare 2 Chinese people to get THIS: 比

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AOJ_ZP2iD2o
This video teaches you how to form a more complex Chinese character from two identical basic characters. The character 比 is made up of two identical pictographs showing two men 人 standing side by side. I teach you the pronunciation of the character and the stroke order, the 笔顺 I show you how the character evolved from oracle bone inscriptions all the way down to the modern character 比 which means "to compare"

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

How to say NO in Chinese without saying 不

Can you say "no" or "not" in Chinese without using the word 不? Watch this video to see how it can be done. First I show how a negation is expressed with the help of the negation word 不. I explain this with the help of several very simple examples and combinations of characters https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ySub6JKsp0A
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Monday, December 1, 2025

Taoist immortals and Chinese Characters

The video explores how the iconic karst landscapes of Guilin inspired the creation of early Chinese pictographic characters. It explains how the characters 山 shan (mountain) and 人rn (man) combine to form 仙 xian, meaning “immortal,” a key concept in ancient Chinese religion and Taoism. The shorthand version of xian, first used in the early Han period, reflects the symbolism of humans ascending sacred mountains in search of wisdom. Taoist paintings reinforce this idea through vertical compositions, cloud “barriers,” and towering peaks that represent the cosmic hierarchy and the abodes of 仙 xian "immortals". Ultimately, the video reveals how Chinese characters and Taoist imagery share deep historical and symbolic connections.
Premiere on the 3rd of December. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SV0qIuDpSRU