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[This is an updated version of a post that was originally posted on September 5, 2022.]
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This month, September 2026, there is a worldwide campaign featuring the Enjoy Life Forever! brochure. Appropriately, as of this writing, jw.org is featuring the article “Guided Bible Study Course—Enjoy Life Forever!”. The Mandarin version of this article makes use of the expression “kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程)”, perhaps preceded by “Shèngjīng+ (Shèng·jīng Holy · Scriptures → [Bible] 圣经 聖經)”, to correspond with the English expressions “Bible study course”, “course”, and “Bible course”.
Interestingly, “[Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng Holy · Scriptures → [Bible] 圣经 聖經)] yánjiū (yán·jiū {grinding → [studying]} · {studying carefully} → [study] 研究)”, an expression that has long been used in the past to mean “[Bible] study”, does not appear at all in the above-mentioned article.
Related Expressions
The “kè+ (subject; course; class | lesson 课 課)” in “kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程)” may be familiar to those who have used the Mandarin versions of publications like the Good News brochure and the Enjoy Life Forever! brochure/book, since that is the Mandarin word used to correspond with the English word “lesson”. For example, “Lesson 10” is “Dì‐10 ((Dì [pref to form ordinal numerals] 第)‐(Shí Ten 10) → [10th]) Kè+ (Lesson 课 課)”.
Besides “kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程)”, another word that “kè (subject; course; class | lesson 课 課)” appears in is “kèběn+ (kè·běn {course | lessons} · {root or stem → [mw for books, etc.]} → [textbook; coursebook] 课本 課本)”, which the above-mentioned article uses in reference to the Enjoy Life Forever! book that is now officially recommended for use on Bible studies. (Interestingly, the English version of the article does not use the word “textbook”, which is the main dictionary definition for “kèběn (kè·běn {course | lessons} · {root or stem → [mw for books, etc.]} → [textbook; coursebook] 课本 課本)”. It does, though, refer to the Enjoy Life Forever! book as an “interactive Bible course”. So, “coursebook” may be a better match for “kèběn (kè·běn {course | lessons} · {root or stem → [mw for books, etc.]} → [textbook; coursebook] 课本 課本)” in this case.)
As for the second morpheme in “kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程)”, it is also used, perhaps unexpectedly, in “gōngchéng+ (gōng·chéng work · {journey → [procedure]} → [engineering | [engineering/work] project] 工程)” and in “gōngchéng‐shī+ ((gōng·chéng work · {journeys → [procedures]} → [engineering] 工程)‐(shī master → [skilled person; expert; specialist] 师 師) → [engineer])”.
Usage Examples
Here are a couple of examples of “kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程)” in use, taken from the above-mentioned article:
English:
In this free interactive Bible course, you will get answers to such questions as:
- How can I find happiness in life?
- Will evil and suffering ever end?
- Will I ever see my dead loved ones again?
- Does God really care about me?
- How can I pray and be heard by God?
Mandarin:
📖 📄 ➕ Nǐ (you 你) kěyǐ (kě·yǐ can · [suf] 可以) cóng (from 从 從) zhèige (zhèi·ge this · [mw] 这个 這個) miǎnfèi (miǎn·fèi exempting · {costing → [fee]} → [free of charge] 免费 免費) de (’s 的) hùdòng+ (hù·dòng {each other} · moving → [interactive] 互动 互動)‐shì (type 式) Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng Holy · Scriptures → [Bible] 圣经 聖經) kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course] 课程 課程) dédào (dé·dào get · {arriving at} 得到) yǐxià (yǐ·xià at · below’s 以下) wèntí (wèn·tí asking · subjects → [questions] 问题 問題) de (’ 的) dá’àn (dá’·àn answering · {long, narrow tables or desks → [sets of information]} → [answers] 答案):
- 📖 📄 ➕ Zěnyàng (Zěn·yàng (in) what · {form → [way]} → [how] 怎样 怎樣) cái ({only then} 才 才/纔) néng (can 能) guòshang (guò·shang {(I) pass} · {(to be) upon} 过上 過上) xìngfú+ (xìng·fú fortunate · {(having) blessings} → [happy] 幸福) de (’s 的) shēnghuó (shēng·huó life · living 生活)?
- 📖 📄 ➕ Èshì (È·shì evil · things 恶事 惡事) hé ({(together) with} → [and] 和 和/龢) tòngkǔ (tòng·kǔ {being in pain} · {being bitter → [suffering]} 痛苦) huì (will 会 會) yǒu (have 有) zhōngzhǐ+ (zhōng·zhǐ ending · stopping 终止 終止) de (’s 的) yì (one 一) tiān (sky → [day] 天) ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?
- 📖 📄 ➕ Wǒ (I 我) huì (will 会 會) gēn (with 跟) qùshì+ (qù·shì {have gone from} · {generation → [world]} → [have passed away] 去世) de (’s 的) qīnyǒu (qīn·yǒu relatives · friends 亲友 親友) chóngjù+ (chóng·jù again · meet 重聚) ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?
- 📖 📄 ➕ Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) guānxīn+ (guān·xīn {does close → [does concern]} · heart (with) → [does care about] 关心 關心) wǒ (me 我) ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?
- 📖 📄 ➕ Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) huì (will 会 會) tīng (hear 听 聽/听) wǒ de ((wǒ me 我) (de ’s 的) → [my]) dǎogào+ (dǎo·gào prayers · {requestings | tellings} → [prayers] 祷告 禱告) ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?
English:
You will get the entire course free, including the study guide Enjoy Life Forever! and a Bible if you need one.
Mandarin:
📖 📄 ➕ Zhěnggè (Zhěng·gè entire · [mw] 整个 整個) kèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course] 课程 課程) hé ({(together) with} → [and] 和 和/龢) kèběn (kè·běn course · {root or stem → [mw for books, etc.]} → [coursebook] 课本 課本) Yǒngyuǎn (Yǒng·yuǎn Eternally · {Far (in Time)} 永远 永遠) Xiǎngshòu (Xiǎng·shòu Enjoy · Receive 享受) Měihǎo (Měi·hǎo Beautiful · Good 美好) de (’s 的) Shēngmìng (Life 生命) dōu (all → [both] 都) shì (are 是) miǎnfèi (miǎn·fèi exempting · {costing → [fee]} → [free of charge] 免费 免費) de ({’s (things)} 的). Nǐ ((if) you 你) xūyào (require 需要) de (’s 的) huà (word 话 話), wǒmen (wǒ·men we · [pl] 我们 我們) yě (also 也) kěyǐ (kě·yǐ can · [suf] 可以) miǎnfèi (miǎn·fèi exempting · {costing → [fee]} → [free of charge] 免费 免費) tígōng (tí·gōng {carry (hanging down from the hand) → [raise]} · provide 提供) yì (one 一) běn ({root or stem of a} → [mw for books, etc.] 本) Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng Holy · Scriptures → [Bible] 圣经 聖經) gěi ({to be given to} 给 給) nǐ (you 你).