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Friday, August 29, 2025
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Biang, the Chinese Dish and the Impossible Chinese Character
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JA0mf2AreHQ
This video tries to explain the raison d'etre of the most obscure Chinese character, biáng, that is also the name of a Xi'an food specialty. You need 58 strokes and 11 pictographic components to write down this character
Monday, August 18, 2025
The Maze of Chinese Writing - The Case of 能
This video is meant to showcase at the end of the character 能 and its derivatives the complexity of Chinese writing and writing reform. The video talks about the failure of the Chinese writing reform of 1956. Simplified character is a misnomer fed to unsuspecting learners of Chinese writing around the world when in fact traditional characters seems to have a better and more logical inner structure.
See the example of the five traditional characters 能 熊 態 罷 擺 that were "simplified" to 能 熊 态 罢 摆, which are not simple and make no rhyme nor reason.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LxVm9-egz5U
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Monday, August 11, 2025
Useful Korean Grammar - Basic Grammatical Patterns 은/는 대신에
The 은/는 대신에 pattern is very useful. This episode focuses on this pattern by enabling you to understand its meaning, structure and use. The video teaches you by drilling with plenty of sample sentences and real-life dialogues. Ideal for those of you who prepare for TOPIK I.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB857uHo7-w
Friday, August 8, 2025
Monday, August 4, 2025
Chinese characters and the Chinese race - The Connection 族 zú "clan"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xWkFnTwSC9M
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