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\n\t\t\tt\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n

One of the publications that is now recommended to be used on Bible studies is the \nY\u01d2ngyu\u01cen Xi\u01cengsh\u00f2u M\u011bih\u01ceo de Sh\u0113ngm\u00ecng\u2014Sh\u00e8ngj\u012bng K\u00e8ch\u00e9ng T\u01d0y\u00e0n B\u01cen<\/span>\n((Y\u01d2ng\u00b7yu\u01cen\nEternally \u00b7 {Far (in Time)}<\/span>\n\u6c38\u8fdc\n\u6c38\u9060<\/span>)\n(Xi\u01ceng\u00b7sh\u00f2u\nEnjoy \u00b7 Receive<\/span>\n\u4eab\u53d7)\n(M\u011bi\u00b7h\u01ceo\nBeautiful \u00b7 Good<\/span>\n\u7f8e\u597d)\n(de\n\u2019s<\/span>\n\u7684)\n(Sh\u0113ngm\u00ecng\nLife<\/span>\n\u751f\u547d)\u2014(Sh\u00e8ng\u00b7j\u012bng\nHoly \u00b7 Scriptures \u2192 [Bible]<\/span>\n\u5723\u7ecf\n\u8056\u7d93<\/span>)\n(K\u00e8\u00b7ch\u00e9ng\nLessons \u00b7 Procedure \u2192 [Course]<\/span>\n\u8bfe\u7a0b\n\u8ab2\u7a0b<\/span>)\n(T\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{Bodily \u2192 [Personally]} \u00b7 Testing \u2192 [Learning Through Personal Experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)\n(B\u01cen\n({Printing Plate (or Block)} \u2192 [Edition]<\/span>\n\u7248)\n\u2192<\/span> [Enjoy Life Forever!\u2014Introductory Bible Lessons (lffi)]<\/span>)<\/span>\n<\/i> (Enjoy Life Forever! (lffi)<\/i>) brochure. Looking at the Mandarin title of this brochure, you may have wondered: What does \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d mean?<\/p>\n

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You may surmise that \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d roughly corresponds with the \u201cIntroductory<\/i>\u201d in Enjoy Life Forever!\u200b\u2014Introductory Bible Lessons<\/i>, and you would be right. The match isn\u2019t exact, though, and a look into the literal meanings of the morphemes<\/a> in \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d will help us to understand why, and to gain some insight into how the components of \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d and of similar Mandarin words work together.<\/p>\n

Morphemic Breakdown<\/h4>\n

As the P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus information for \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d shows us, its first morpheme \u201ct\u01d0<\/i><\/span>\n(body | {bodily [\u2192 [personally]]}<\/span>\n\u4f53\n\u9ad4\/\u4f53\/\u8eb0<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d, which literally means \u201cbody\u201d, here means \u201cin body\u201d or \u201cbodily\u201d, or as we might say in English, \u201cin person\u201d or \u201cpersonally\u201d. The other morpheme \u201cy\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(test; examine; check; verify<\/span>\n\u9a8c\n\u9a57\/\u9a10<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d means \u201ctest; examine; check; verify\u201d. The word \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d that these morphemes form together effectively means \u201cpersonally test\u201d, or \u201clearn from practical\/personal experience\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cK\u00e8ch\u00e9ng<\/span>\n(K\u00e8\u00b7ch\u00e9ng\nLessons \u00b7 Procedure \u2192<\/span> [Course]<\/span>\n\u8bfe\u7a0b\n\u8ab2\u7a0b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nT\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/span>\n(T\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{Bodily \u2192 [Personally]} \u00b7 Testing \u2192<\/span> [Learning Through Personal Experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\n\nB\u01cen<\/span>\n({Printing Plate (or Block)} \u2192<\/span> [Edition]<\/span>\n\u7248)<\/span><\/i>\u201d in the title of the Mandarin Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> brochure does correspond to \u201cIntroductory\u2026Lessons<\/i>\u201d in the title of the English Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> brochure, but a more exact English translation might be \u201cCourse Trial Edition<\/i>\u201d or something like that.<\/p>\n

Representing the Self in Some Mandarin Words<\/h4>\n

The way \u201ct\u01d0<\/i><\/span>\n(body | {bodily [\u2192 [personally]]}<\/span>\n\u4f53\n\u9ad4\/\u4f53\/\u8eb0<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d is used in \u201ct\u01d0y\u00e0n<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7y\u00e0n\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 test; examine; check; verify \u2192<\/span> [learn through practice\/personal experience]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u9a8c\n\u9ad4\u9a57<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d is an example of how in some Mandarin words, the physical body<\/em> is used to represent the whole self<\/em>. \u201cT\u01d0hu\u00ec<\/i><\/span>\n(T\u01d0\u00b7hu\u00ec\n{bodily \u2192<\/span> [personally]}<\/span> \u00b7 understand; know<\/span>\n\u4f53\u4f1a\n\u9ad4\u6703<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d and \u201ct\u01d0ti\u0113<\/i><\/span>\n(t\u01d0\u00b7ti\u0113\n{bodily \u2192 [personally]} \u00b7 {stick to \u2192 [keep close to]} \u2192<\/span> [show consideration for; be thoughtful towards]<\/span>\n\u4f53\u8d34\n\u9ad4\u8cbc<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d are two fairly well-known Mandarin words that also use \u201ct\u01d0<\/i><\/span>\n(body | {bodily [\u2192 [personally]]}<\/span>\n\u4f53\n\u9ad4\/\u4f53\/\u8eb0<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d this way.<\/p>\n

Another example of a Mandarin word in which the physical body is used to represent the whole self is a word that we as Jehovah\u2019s people are quite familiar with: \u201cxi\u00e0nsh\u0113n<\/i><\/span>\n(xi\u00e0n\u00b7sh\u0113n\n{offer \u2192<\/span> [dedicate]}<\/span> \u00b7 {body \u2192<\/span> [self]}<\/span><\/span> | {offering of \u2192 [dedicating of]} \u00b7 {body \u2192 [self]} \u2192<\/span> [dedication]<\/span>\n\u732e\u8eab\n\u737b\u8eab<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d. This word literally means \u201coffer body\u201d, and effectively means \u201cdedicate self\u201d.<\/p>\n

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For convenience:<\/p>\n

The direct link for the current generation P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span>\n(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> [Pinyin]<\/span>\n\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus resource for the Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> brochure is:<\/p>\n