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The above is the Chinese character for rat or mouse. It is a tradition in China that one animal is used to symbolize the year, and the rat comes first in the 12-ye…
- Flower
This character usually refers to flowers. It can be used to describe floral items. The lanterns displayed on the night of the Lantern Festival are usually called hua …
- year
This character usually refers to a year. The Spring Festival is also called “nian,” which is believed to originate from a Chinese myth. Nian was the na…
- Hill
This character usually refers to a hill or a mountain. The earliest form of this character appeared in the scripts of the Shang Dynasty as a pictogram, in the shape o…
- Return
This character usually means “go back, return or turn around.”
故国不堪回首月明中
gù guó bù kān huí shǒu yu…
- Mirror
This character refers to mirrors. Bronze mirrors, which precede the glass mirrors of today, are loaded with profound historical and cultural connotations. A good e…
- Sink
This character usually means “sink” when used as a verb. When used as an adjective, it means “deep, heavy or calm.” As an adverb, it means …
- Blue/Green
This character usually refers to blue or green. In ancient China, it also referred to black. The term dan qing is a poetic expression of traditional Chinese painti…
- West
This character means “west, westward.” The term xifang is known as the West, most often including at least parts of Europe, Australasia and the North A…
Time:02/18/2020 Hits:30The above is the Chinese character for rat or mouse. It is a tradition in China that one animal is used to symbolize the year, and the rat comes first in the 12-ye…