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At the time of this writing, jw.org was featuring the article “What Does the Bible Say About Nuclear War?”. Corresponding to the expression “nuclear war” that’s used in the English version of this article, the Mandarin version uses this week’s MEotW, “hé ({pit (of a fruit)} → [nuclear] 核 核/覈)‐zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng war · contending → [war; warfare] 战争 戰爭)”:
English:
What Does the Bible Say About Nuclear War?
Mandarin:
📖 📄 📘 Guānyú (Guān·yú {Closing → [Relating]} · to 关于 關於) Hé ({Pit (of a Fruit)} → [Nuclear] 核 核/覈)‐Zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng War · Contending → [War] 战争 戰爭), Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng (the) Holy · Scriptures → [the Bible] 圣经 聖經) de (’s 的) Guāndiǎn (Guān·diǎn {Looking at → [View]} · Point → [Viewpoint] 观点 觀點) Shì (Is 是) Shénme (shén·me What · [suf] 什么 什/甚麼)?
The literal meaning of the “hé ({pit (of a fruit)} [→ [nucleus | nuclear]] 核 核/覈)” in “hé ({pit (of a fruit)} → [nuclear] 核 核/覈)‐zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng war · contending → [war; warfare] 战争 戰爭)” is “pit (of a fruit)”, so it is not hard to see why this expression can be used to effectively mean “nucleus”, such as that of an atom. In turn, “nuclear” means “relating to the nucleus of an atom”.
Another place that we in the Mandarin field encounter this “hé ({pit (of a fruit)} [→ [nucleus | nuclear]] 核 核/覈)” is when it is used in the Origin of Life brochure, etc. to refer to the nuclei of living cells, like those in our own bodies. For example, in the Question 2 section of the Origin of Life brochure (“Is Any Form of Life Really Simple?”) can be found this sentence:
Human, animal, and plant cells have a nucleus. Bacterial cells do not.
Mandarin (WOL, Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus):
📖 📄 📘 Rénlèi (Rén·lèi human·kind 人类 人類) hé ({(together) with} → [and] 和 和/龢) dòng‐zhíwù ((dòng moving 动 動)‐(zhí·wù planted · things 植物) → [plants and animals]) de (’ 的) xìbāo (xì·bāo tiny · wombs → [cells] 细胞 細胞) dōu (all 都) yǒu (have 有) xìbāo (xì·bāo tiny · womb → [cell] 细胞 細胞)‐hé ({pit (of a fruit)} → [nucleus] 核 核/覈), xìjūn (xì·jūn tiny · bacteria → [bacteria] 细菌 細菌) de (’s 的) xìbāo (xì·bāo tiny · wombs → [cells] 细胞 細胞) zé ({in contrast} 则 則) méiyǒu (méi·yǒu not · {do have} (one) → [do not have (one)] 没有 沒有).
Short “Nuclear War”, No More Threat of Nuclear War
A shortened form of “hé ({pit (of a fruit)} → [nuclear] 核 核/覈)‐zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng war · contending → [war; warfare] 战争 戰爭)” that we may encounter is “hézhàn (hé·zhàn {pit (of a fruit) → [nuclear]} · war; warfare 核战 核戰)”. This is used, for example, in one of the subheadings of the Mandarin version of the above-mentioned jw.org article:
English:
Does the Bible prophesy a nuclear Armageddon?
Mandarin:
📖 📄 📘 Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng (the) Holy · Scriptures → [the Bible] 圣经 聖經) yùgào (yù·gào fore·tells 预/豫告 預/豫告) de (’ 的) shìjiè (shì·jiè {generation → [world]} · extent’s → [world’s] 世界) mòrì (mò·rì end · {sun → [day]} 末日) shì (is 是) yì (one 一) chǎng ({large gathering place of a} → [mw for recreational, sports, or other activities] 场 場/塲) hézhàn (hé·zhàn {pit (of a fruit) → [nuclear]} · war 核战 核戰) ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?
With what’s been happening in the world (e.g., recent attacks intended to set back Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons, Putin’s nuclear sabre rattling and newly announced nuclear weapons, Trump’s talk of resuming nuclear testing, the recent rapid expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal, a recent Netflix movie about how a nuclear war could start, …), nuclear war is on people’s minds more and more. May we be well-prepared to help honest-hearted Mandarin-speaking people learn about how Jehovah God will soon remove all cause for anxiety in this regard.