They say that the heavenly troops brought the Great Sage Equal to Heaven to the execution platform and tied him to the pillar there, but he could not be harmed by guillotine nor axe nor pierced by spear nor sword. The South Polestar General ordered the immortals of the Department of Fire1 to blast himContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 7.1”
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Protected: Battle at Kanyuan Mountain/坎源大战
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18 month Toddler Chinese/English Book Review
Hi everyone, it’s time for our first book review 🙂 These are the books Ro currently loves as an 18-month old bilingual baby. We as parents love these too, but out of all of the many, many books in our house, these are the ones he requests most often. Chinese books Sourcing Chinese board booksContinue reading “18 month Toddler Chinese/English Book Review”
(Ba)nana and ba(ll)!
At almost 18 months we have our first English words – banana (nana) and ball (ba). Baby’s babbling has gotten much more complex, with sounds like “eesh”, “gengda”, and “buyiyang”, but ba, ma, and na are still the sounds he uses to communicate most. And boy does he squeeze every drop of value from eachContinue reading “(Ba)nana and ba(ll)!”
Fourth word: 个!
Honestly, I’m not even sure how to explain this one. 个 is the most common measure word in Chinese, with a similar grammatical role as the word “piece” in a piece of cake or a piece of paper. Unlike piece, 个 can be used with most nouns. We use it with Ro when he’s alreadyContinue reading “Fourth word: 个!”
Journey to the West – Chapter 6.5
As the Immortal Master was running back and forth, the Plum Mountain brothers came up and surround him, saying: “Brother, did you catch the Great Sage?” The Immortal Master laughed and said, “Just now that monkey turned himself into a shrine to deceive me. Just as I was about to hit his windows and kickContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 6.5”
Protected: The Search for Immortality/长生不老
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Journey to the West – Chapter 6.4
The Immortal Master and the Great Sage battled for over three hundred rounds with no victor. The Immortal Master mustered his powers and, with a shake of his body, grew to ten thousand fathoms1 in height. His two hands raised the three-prong double-edged glaive like the peak of Hua Mountain. His youthful face bore sharpContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 6.4”
Journey to the West – Chapter 6.3
“Barbaric monkey!” exclaimed the Immortal Master. “How dare he claim a title of Equaling Heaven?” “Quit admiring and go challenge him,” the Plum Mountain brothers said. Seeing the Immortal Master, the little monkeys guarding the camp quickly went to report. The Monkey King pulled out the Gold-Banded Staff, donned his golden armor, pulled on theContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 6.3”
Journey to the West – Chapter 6.2
Investigate the situationGuanyin instructs Muzha to 打探消息, literally to scout out news. 打探 is a bit literary and not used much in casual speech, but we often say 打听消息. Go 打听打听 (ask around) to see if there’s any 消息 (news). As they finished conversing, another report came in through the general’s gate: “The Great SageContinue reading “Journey to the West – Chapter 6.2”
Etymology Adventures 