Old People are Stealing More Stuff in japan
Chinese title: “日本老年人犯罪创纪录 2万名老人曾偷超市物品”. Theft by the elderly is on the rise in Japan, reports China Youth Daily. While I
368 Chinese basic characters – 7
太 too;over; excessive 太多 too many 太后 empress dowager 太监 eunuch 太空 outer space;sky 太平 peace 太太 madam
The Rabbit’s bride
A slightly nonsensical fairy tale about a young woman and a cabbage-stealing rabbit that wants to marry her. One of
368 Chinese basic characters – 6
夫 husband; distinguished person 农夫 farmer 懦夫 coward 渔夫 fisherman 丈夫 husband 夫妻 busband and wife 夫人 wife;madam
The Dao of choice
This book review is particularly beautiful in its whimsy. I get the distinct impression this book is a bit like
368 Chinese basic characters – 5
天 heaven; sky;day 天才 genius 天空 sky 天生 inborn 天下 the whole world 天真 naive;innocent 白天 daytime 明天
The Gentleness of Self sacrifice
Ah, bless romance novels – they’re the same in every language. This short synopses introduces 致命的温柔, “The Gentleness of Self-Sacrifice”,
368 Chinese basic characters – 4
大 big; great; 大胆 daring;bold 大概 probably 大家 all(people) 大人 adult 大声 loud voice 大厦 big guilding 大学
JiaoZi and Chinese New year
Mmm… Jiaozi. Nothing beats traditional Chinese dumplings. Steamed, boiled, or (as is more often the case in Japan) fried, Jiaozi
368 Chinese basic characters – 3
人 man; person; human; 人才 man of talent 人格 personality 人口 population 人类 mankind 人民 people 人生 the life