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Sunday, January 18, 2015

18 Jan - Random Words

More random words. Some from the newspaper, some from my wife correcting me. Here goes:

海巡 - Coast Guard
保全業 - Security (building guards etc.) Industry
保全人員 - Security Guards
長工時 - Long working hours
調查 - Survey or investigate

Our first idiom:
天人交戰 - Internal struggle

Friday, January 9, 2015

09 Jan - 時 - (P: ㄕˊ) - Time

Word: - Time
Pronounced: ㄕˊ || Shí

Building Blocks:
- (P: ㄖˋ || Rì) - Day
- (P: ㄙˋ|| Sì) - Buddhist Temple

Constructing the Character
The DAY () passing over the Buddhist Temple () measures TIME ()

Expansion
時候 - (P: ㄕˊㄏㄛˋ || Shíhòu) - Time / when
時間 - (P: ㄕˊㄐㄧㄢ|| Shíjiān) - Time (do you have time)
時差 - (P: ㄕˊㄔㄚ|| Shíchā) - Jet lag
時從 - (P: ㄕˊㄘㄨㄥˊ || Shícóng) - From
時常 - (P: ㄕˊㄔㄤˊ|| Shícháng) - Often