{"id":2450,"date":"2022-08-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2024-11-08T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:00:55","slug":"huxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2022\/08\/15\/huxi\/","title":{"rendered":"h\u016bx\u012b"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">h\u016bx\u012b<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(h\u016b\u00b7x\u012b\n<span class=\"lit\">{breathing out}; exhaling \u00b7 {breathing in}; inhaling \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[breathing]<\/span>\n\u547c\u5438)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n\n<p><span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>H\u016bx\u012b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(H\u016b\u00b7x\u012b\n<span class=\"lit\">{breathing out}; exhaling \u00b7 {breathing in}; inhaling \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[breathing]<\/span>\n\u547c\u5438)<\/span>, the Mandarin word for \u201cbreathe\u201d, literally translates as \u201cbreathe out breath in\u201d. This is an interesting contrast to the English expression \u201cbreathe in, breathe out\u201d, which refers to the same thing, just in a different culturally selected order.<\/p>\n<p>Another example of East and West coming at the same thing from different directions is that in the English-speaking world, a \u201ccompass\u201d is generally thought of as pointing north, whereas \u201c<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>zh\u01d0n\u00e1n\u2010zh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n((zh\u01d0\u00b7n\u00e1n\n<span class=\"lit\">{(points with) finger \u2192 [points]} \u00b7 south<\/span>\n\u6307\u5357)\u2010(zh\u0113n\n<span class=\"lit\">needle<\/span>\n\u9488\n<span class=\"trad\">\u91dd<\/span>)\n<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[compass]<\/span>)<\/span>\u201d (a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/03\/08\/zhinan-zhen\/\" title=\"zh\u01d0n\u00e1n\u2010zh\u0113n - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">MEotW<\/a>)\u201d, the Mandarin word for the same thing, in contrast means a needle that points <em>south<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In both the above examples, neither the Eastern view nor the Western view is wrong\u2014they\u2019re just different.<\/p>\n<h4>\u201cThe Ballad of East and West\u201d<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudyard_Kipling\" title=\"Rudyard Kipling - Wikipedia\">Rudyard Kipling<\/a>\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ballad_of_East_and_West\" title=\"The Ballad of East and West - Wikipedia\">The Ballad of East and West<\/a>\u201d begins with these lines:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nOh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,<br \/>\nTill Earth and Sky stand presently at God&#8217;s great Judgment Seat;<br \/>\nBut there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,<br \/>\nWhen two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The first line <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiplingsociety.co.uk\/poem\/poems_eastwest.htm\" title=\"The Ballad of East and West \u2013 The Kipling Society\">quoted<\/a> above is often referred to in order to emphasize how the gap between East and West can seem insurmountable. (By the way, \u201ctwain\u201d is an archaic term for \u201ctwo\u201d. So, \u201cnever the twain shall meet\u201d means \u201cnever the two shall meet\u201d.) However, there is more to the poem.<\/p>\n<p>The other lines quoted above express that individuals who are spiritually strong enough to do so can overcome any differences in culture, nationality, race, class, place of birth, etc. that may happen to exist between them. And, as we know, this is especially true when those individuals let themselves be taught by the God of peace, who \u201cwill judge to the ends of the earth\u201d.\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/23\/54#study=discover&amp;v=23:54:13-23:54:13\" title=\"Isaiah 54 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">Isaiah 54:13<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/9\/2#study=discover&amp;v=9:2:10\" title=\"1 Samuel 2 \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">1 Samuel 2:10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/series\/more-topics\/global-temperatures-rising-bible-prophecy\/\" title=\"Record-Breaking Temperatures Worldwide\u2014What Does the Bible Say?\">unusually hot<\/a> summer when the world is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-12-22\/index.html\" title=\"August 12, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news\">figuratively<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/wildfires-soar-by-500-in-parts-of-the-uk-as-london-hits-34c\/ar-AA10DdDs?cvid=095cff7f25bc4535a963a7311083b01f\" title=\"MSN\">literally<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/article\/Firefighters-combat-major-wildfire-in-17366216.php#photo-22794297\" title=\"Wildfires spread, fish die off amid severe drought in Europe\">on fire<\/a>, let us take a moment, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>h\u016bx\u012b<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n(h\u016b\u00b7x\u012b\n<span class=\"lit\">{breathe out} \u00b7 {breathe in} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[breathe]<\/span>\n\u547c\u5438)<\/span>, and take in Jehovah God\u2019s instruction, like that which is included in the sessions of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/jehovahs-witnesses\/conventions\/\" title=\"2022 Convention of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses\">2022 \u201cPursue Peace\u201d! convention<\/a> of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, the Mandarin word for \u201cbreathe\u201d, literally translates as \u201cbreathe out breath in\u201d. This is an interesting contrast to the English expression \u201cbreathe in, breathe out\u201d, which refers to the same thing, just in a different culturally selected order. Another example of East and West coming at the same thing from different directions is that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,61],"tags":[156,57,13,56,113,310,162,161,163,134,404,39],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-current-events","tag-climate-change","tag-compass","tag-conventions","tag-different-perspectives","tag-eastern-culture","tag-environment","tag-poetry","tag-rudyard-kipling","tag-the-ballad-of-east-and-west","tag-ukraine-war","tag-war","tag-western-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>h\u016bx\u012b - Mandarin Expression of the Week<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2022\/08\/15\/huxi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"h\u016bx\u012b - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\", the Mandarin word for \u201cbreathe\u201d, literally translates as \u201cbreathe out breath in\u201d. 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