Word of the Day: 狂風暴雨 - Violent storm
Pronunciation: - ㄘㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄥㄅㄠˋ ㄩˇ
Breaking it Down:
The phrase 狂風暴雨 comprises of four characters as you can see.
(1) 狂 - P: ㄘㄨㄤˊ || Kuáng - Crazy
(2) 風 - P: ㄈㄥ || Fēng - Wind
(3) 暴 - P: ㄅㄠˋ || Bào - Violent
(4) 雨 - P: ㄩˇ || Yǔ - Rain
Expansion:
(1) 狂風 - Fierce Wind
(2) 暴風 - Strom
(3) 暴雨 - Strom
Note: The term for violence is 暴力 (P: ㄅㄠˋㄌㄧˋ || Bàolì)
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
21 Jan - 嘲諷 - P: ㄔㄠˊ ㄈㄥˋ - Taunt
Word: 嘲諷 - To sneer at/to taunt
Pronounced: ㄔㄠˊㄈㄥˋ || Cháofèng
Building Blocks;
Today's words is built from two words that are similar in meaning:
Word 1: 嘲 (P: ㄔㄠˊ || Cháo) - To ridicule, to sneer, to mock, to deride.
Pretty powerful word but made out of two characters: mouth 口 and dynasty 朝. I love the logic of this word. A mouth 口 ridicules/mocks the dynasty 朝.
Word 2: 諷 (P: ㄈㄥˋ || Fèng) - to satirize, to mock, to ridicule
This word is also made out of two characters: speech 言 and wind 風. More logic here which implies speech 言 with the wind 風 is to ridicule and mock someone.
Pronounced: ㄔㄠˊㄈㄥˋ || Cháofèng
Building Blocks;
Today's words is built from two words that are similar in meaning:
Word 1: 嘲 (P: ㄔㄠˊ || Cháo) - To ridicule, to sneer, to mock, to deride.
Pretty powerful word but made out of two characters: mouth 口 and dynasty 朝. I love the logic of this word. A mouth 口 ridicules/mocks the dynasty 朝.
Word 2: 諷 (P: ㄈㄥˋ || Fèng) - to satirize, to mock, to ridicule
This word is also made out of two characters: speech 言 and wind 風. More logic here which implies speech 言 with the wind 風 is to ridicule and mock someone.
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