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The Bullshit Characters

November 11th, 2008

My tong xue and I have officially dubbed a particular group of characters The Bullshit Characters.
The Bullshit Characters are characters that remain the same visually, but take on different sounds when put between/in front of/behind other words. Examples are the yue in yin yue (music), which flippantly becomes the le in kuai le (joy/happiness), the […]

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Being taught and teaching

September 26th, 2008


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