bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding; evading → [preventing; keeping away from; fleeing; escaping; hiding from]} · calamity; disaster; adversity; misfortune; trouble; distress → [taking refuge; seeking asylum] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge; asylum; sanctuary; haven; shelter]) ← Tap/click to show/hide the “flashcard”
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At the time of this writing, jw.org was featuring a breaking news item regarding the recent shooting at a Kingdom Hall in Hamburg, Germany. The Mandarin version of this makes use of this week’s MEotW, “bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding; evading → [preventing; keeping away from; fleeing; escaping; hiding from]} · calamity; disaster; adversity; misfortune; trouble; distress → [taking refuge; seeking asylum] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge; asylum; sanctuary; haven; shelter])”, which means “refuge”.
Related Expressions
Some other Mandarin expressions that use the morphemes in “bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding; evading → [preventing; keeping away from; fleeing; escaping; hiding from]} · calamity; disaster; adversity; misfortune; trouble; distress → [taking refuge; seeking asylum] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge; asylum; sanctuary; haven; shelter])” (or related ones) are:
- bìmiǎn (bì·miǎn {avoid; evade [→ [prevent; keep away from; flee; escape; hide from]]} · avoid; {refrain from} 避免)
- kǔnàn (kǔ·nàn {being bitter → [hardship; suffering; pain]} · calamities; adversity; trouble; distress 苦难 苦難)
- nán ({[is] difficult}; {[is] hard} | difficultly | {make difficult/difficulties} 难 難)
- nántí (nán·tí difficult · topic → [problem] 难题 難題)
- bìhù suǒ ((bì·hù sheltering; protecting; shielding · protecting; guarding; shielding 庇护 庇護) (suǒ place 所) → [sanctuary; asylum; haven; refuge])
- Wángguó (Wáng·guó King’s · Nation → [Kingdom] 王国 王國) Jùhuì Suǒ ((Jùhuì Meeting 聚会 聚會) (Suǒ Place 所) → [Hall])
Usage in a Scripture
The above-mentioned news item cites Psalm 9:9 (Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) WOL; Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus), which uses “bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding; evading → [preventing; keeping away from; fleeing; escaping; hiding from]} · calamity; disaster; adversity; misfortune; trouble; distress → [taking refuge; seeking asylum] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge; asylum; sanctuary; haven; shelter])”:
📖 📄 📘 Yēhéhuá (Jehovah 耶和华 耶和華) huì (will 会 會) bìhù (bì·hù shelter · protect 庇护 庇護) bèi ([passive signifier] → [being] 被) yāpò (yā·pò pressed · coerced → [oppressed] 压迫 壓迫) de (’s 的) rén (persons 人), zuò (become 做) tāmen de ((tā·men him/her · [pl] → [them] 他们 他們) (de ’s 的) → [their]) bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding → [keeping away from]} · distress → [taking refuge] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge]);
Tāmen (Tā·men he/she · [pl] → [they] 他们 他們) zāoshòu (zāo·shòu encounter · {receive → [suffer]} 遭受) kǔnàn (kǔ·nàn {being bitter → [hardship]} · distress 苦难 苦難) shí ({(particular) times} 时 時),
Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) jiùshì (jiù·shì exactly · {will be} 就是) tāmen de ((tā·men him/her · [pl] → [them] 他们 他們) (de ’s 的) → [their]) bìnàn suǒ ((bì·nàn {avoiding → [keeping away from]} · distress → [taking refuge] 避难 避難) (suǒ place 所) → [refuge]).
Remember Job
As students of the Bible, we have come to understand that, just as it was in Job’s time, now, the last days of this old system of things, is not a time when Jehovah is physically protecting his people from all bad things. However, we can still turn to him for mental, emotional, and spiritual refuge, as Job could. Also, we know that, as in Job’s case, even the physical effects of the bad things that happen now will eventually be undone by Jehovah, when the time is right.—Job 1:7–22; 42:12–17; Revelation 20:12, 13.