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Roast Corn, Taiwanese Style 台式烤玉米

https://i.postimg.cc/1XnxL1HL/roast-corn.jpg [Taiwanese roast corn, 7 flavor variations] If you ever visit Taiwan, you can try roast corn in a variety of unusua...

French Children’s Books in Taipei Libraries / 50 livres français pour enfants à la bibliothèque municipale de Taipei / 台北市立圖書館各個分館法文兒童書

https://i.postimg.cc/zGNQzNBn/petits-francais.png [English] Because I am retired and living on a limited budget (pension is gone), I can no longer afford to buy...

“Dog” is either 狗 gǒu/goou or 犬 quǎn/cheuan. What’s the difference? 狗 et 犬: Quelle est la différence?『狗』和『犬』怎麼區別呢？（對外漢語教學：英法對照）

https://i.postimg.cc/VL5GfZcz/00-Goou-Cheuan-GR-Tonal-Spelling-what-s-the-difference.png 狗 gǒu/goou is the Modern word for “dog” (a free morpheme). 犬 quǎn/cheua...

How to Say “Halloween” in Chinese (a Taiwanese holiday?) 台灣為什麼把 “Halloween” 翻成萬聖節呢？（雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/BQp0v7wc/Wannshenqjye-GR-Tonal-Spelling-Gwoyeu-Halloween-in-Chine.png Halloween weekend has started. Q: what does it have to do with Chines...

Man does not live by bread alone (2) … he also needs CHOCOLATE! 人活著不是單靠麵包 (2) 巧克力也很需要啊！（雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/3r10kjZh/English-Cognates-REVISED-to-Learn-French-Petit-Ecolier-Chocol.jpg My best early memories involve simple but tasty food. My mom wou...

Small World: Nikon's Stunning Light Microscope Photography Contest

I have always been fascinated by inner space, that is to say the very, very small. I remember as a child wondering what the world would look like if I could shr...

The Robots Are Coming: Symbiosis Or Slavery? A Place For Human Thinking

Will the A.I. sword we wield today, turn out to be a double edged weapon swinging around to cut us out of the picture tomorrow? This is possibly the biggest que...

Man does not live by bread alone … he also needs CHOCOLATE! 人活著不是單靠麵包，巧克力也很需要啊！（雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/xC8H3nDq/mousse-au-chocolat-FRAMED-Chinese-cheaukehlih-muhsy-GR-Tona.jpg Living on a budget, it is not easy to find tasty, affordable Frenc...

Day 363: 5 Minute Freewrite: Thursday - Prompt: redemption

https://i.imgur.com/jBfujgw.png?1 I know you want to write that Novel! Or something that is 50,000 words. You can do it with all of us in November!!! It will be...

Jumping Spiders: a Booklover's Good Friend 跳蛛：蠹魚的天敵，愛書人的好朋友（雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/ZqMynR5f/jumping-spiders-FRAMED-tiawju-GR-Tonal-Spelling-mankind-s.jpg Because of their principal prey, in Chinese jumping spiders are some...

Silverfish: a Booklover's Worst Enemy 蠹魚：愛書人的頭號敵人（雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/jSkbQHnj/duhyu-gersha-wuhluenn-Silverfish-Kill-On-Sight-GR-Tonal-Spelli.jpg Silverfish are small insects without wings that move like fish ...

Vote For STEEM To Get A Free Listing On NETCOINs & Win Oracle-D Upvotes [CONTEST]

This is the first time we are releasing an open task for all the Steemians and not just for our registered users. This task is pretty easy and it will benefit S...

Chinese Idioms: Tools For Deciphering Cursive Text 成語有助於辨識國畫上面的草書（對外漢語教學）

https://i.postimg.cc/Y94LvCgy/What-does-it-say-cursive-Chinese-maa-daw-cherng-gong-GR-Tonal.png 草書外籍學生很不容易看懂 Even if you have studied Chinese for several years,...

GR Tonal Spelling: Who’s Who (Taiwan Higher Education-1) 國羅名人錄：台灣學界（一）

https://i.postimg.cc/bvzfbD0x/GR-Tonal-Spelling-2-Le-U-not-LU-Family-Name-Hanyu-Pinyin-Fals.png Names that SOUND different should LOOK different! 因漢語拼音不標調產生的假同姓...

mung beans are NOT “green” beans 綠豆並非 “green” beans

https://i.postimg.cc/2jbWRqZm/liuhdowareNOTgreenbeansyellowFRAMEDGRTonalSpelling.jpg In hot weather, Chinese people enjoy eating refreshing cool bowls of 綠豆湯 lǜ...

How Foxes Were Domesticated 馴狐記 （雙語）

https://i.postimg.cc/mkVWD2Yz/BelyaevDKfoxFRAMEDCC--BY-SASirozhabaahwu.libiann.che.jpg Dmitry Belyaev selected & bred the least timid foxes. Decades later, they...

Tsunami in Indonesia 印尼海嘯 Yìnní Hǎixiào/Yinn’ni Haeshiaw

https://i.postimg.cc/3N9bHDgY/IndonesianTsunamiLABELEDGRTonalSpellingGwoyeu.jpg 28 Sep 2018: Sulawesi hit by an earthquake and tsunami. 1400+ people in and near...

Cheuan Deng 犬燈 “The Dog Lantern”, a 狐狸精 fox spirit story from the 聊齋志異 Liaujai Jyhyih, by 蒲松齡 Pwu Songling

https://i.postimg.cc/cHKSTmyg/00-ryhbeenhwu.lijingJapanesefoxspiritsGRTonalSpel.jpg Chinese folklore abounds in tales of fox spirits who seduce men by shapeshif...

A Clash Of Exchanges: Digitex Vs Bitmex

In my first post, I spoke about the upcoming launch of the Digitex Futures Exchange. What was shared was just the basics of what futures and how Digitex could r...

Chinese Fox idioms-2 兔死狐悲 When the Hare Dies, the Fox Grieves, tù sǐ hú bēi / tuh syy hwu bei

https://i.postimg.cc/vHRfRq9T/00-tuhsyyhwubeiWhentheharediesthefoxmournsGRT.jpg Discussion While it seems like “shedding crocodile tears”, this idiom refers to ...