{"id":4234,"date":"2023-12-03T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2023-12-09T00:16:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T08:16:39","slug":"shen%e2%80%90lin%e2%80%90qi%e2%80%90jing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2023\/12\/03\/shen%e2%80%90lin%e2%80%90qi%e2%80%90jing\/","title":{"rendered":"sh\u0113n\u2010l\u00edn\u2010q\u00ed\u2010j\u00ecng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">l\u00edn<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">q\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">j\u00ecng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%);\"> \u2190 Tap\/click to show\/hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>[<strong>Notes:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: hsl(100, 85%, 40%)\">Tap\/click on a <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to reveal its <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>; <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">tap\/click on a <\/span><span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"color: hsl(45, 85%, 40%)\">or its <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> expression to hide the<\/span> <span style=\"background-color: hsl(52, 55%, 87%);\">\u201cflashcard\u201d<\/span>. <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <strong>Reveal All<\/strong>, <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <strong>Reveal Advanced<\/strong>, and \ud83d\udcd8 <strong>Reveal None<\/strong> re all the <span class=\"plusinfotransl\">\u201cflashcards\u201d<\/span> in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.]<\/p>\n<p>One of the publications that is now recommended to be used on Bible studies is the <i>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u01d2ngyu\u01cen Xi\u01cengsh\u00f2u M\u011bih\u01ceo de Sh\u0113ngm\u00ecng\u2014H\u00f9d\u00f2ng Sh\u00ec Sh\u00e8ngj\u012bng K\u00e8ch\u00e9ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((Y\u01d2ng\u00b7yu\u01cen\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Eternally \u00b7 {Far (in Time)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6c38\u8fdc\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6c38\u9060<\/span>)\n\t\t\t(Xi\u01ceng\u00b7sh\u00f2u\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Enjoy \u00b7 Receive<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4eab\u53d7)\n\t\t\t(M\u011bi\u00b7h\u01ceo\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Beautiful \u00b7 Good<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7f8e\u597d)\n\t\t\t(de\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)\n\t\t\t(Sh\u0113ngm\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Life<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u751f\u547d)\u2014(H\u00f9\u00b7d\u00f2ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Each Other} \u00b7 Moving \u2192 [Interactive]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e92\u52a8\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u4e92\u52d5<\/span>)\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00ec\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">Type<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5f0f)\n\t\t\t(Sh\u00e8ng\u00b7j\u012bng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Holy \u00b7 Scriptures \u2192 [Bible]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5723\u7ecf\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8056\u7d93<\/span>)\n\t\t\t(K\u00e8\u00b7ch\u00e9ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Lessons \u00b7 Procedure \u2192 [Course]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8bfe\u7a0b\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8ab2\u7a0b<\/span>)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Enjoy Life Forever!\u2014An Interactive Bible Course (lff)]<\/span>)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/i> <i>(Enjoy Life Forever! (lff))<\/i> book. An outstanding feature of this book is its extensive use of the post-paper technology of video, which enables information to be presented much more vividly than could be done with paper. Also, at this time, one of the unique features of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus material is <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus video transcripts. These can help us Mandarin field language learners to analyze and understand the Mandarin <strong>speech<\/strong> used in the many videos referenced in the Mandarin <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book. This in turn can help us make more effective use of these videos while participating in Mandarin Bible discussions using this book.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s MEotW, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> occurs in subtitle 35 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/lff\/Pinyin_Plus\/lff-11-vid.html#v4sub31\" title=\"lff Lesson 11 - Video Transcripts - Enjoy Life Forever! Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn Plus, Web)\">transcript<\/a> for the video for lesson 11, point 4 of the Mandarin <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book:<\/p>\n<p>English:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMy favourite Bible book is Esther.<\/p>\n<p>And because I think she was a very special person,<\/p>\n<p>it was especially then that I could imagine<\/p>\n<p>what her situation was like and what kind of a person she was<\/p>\n<p>and <strong>I could see myself in the account.<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mandarin:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t32<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:15,309 \u2192 00:01:18,187<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">W\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6211)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zu\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">most<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6700\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6700\/\u3761<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">x\u01d0huan<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(x\u01d0\u00b7huan\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">like \u00b7 enjoy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u559c\u6b22\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u559c\u6b61<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{\u2019s (Bible book)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">is<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u662f)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u01d0s\u012bti\u0113j\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Y\u01d0s\u012bti\u0113\u00b7j\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">Esther \u00b7 Record \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Esther]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4ee5\u65af\u5e16\u8bb0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u4ee5\u65af\u5e16\u8a18<\/span>)<\/span>.\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t33<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:18,187 \u2192 00:01:21,357<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u012bnwei<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(Y\u012bn\u00b7wei\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">because \u00b7 for<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u56e0\u4e3a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u56e0\u70ba<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">w\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6211)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ju\u00e9de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(ju\u00e9\u00b7de\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{to wake to \u2192 [to feel]} \u00b7 get \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[get to feel]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u89c9\u5f97\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u89ba\u5f97<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">Y\u01d0s\u012bti\u0113<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">Esther<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4ee5\u65af\u5e16)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">h\u011bn<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{very much}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5f88)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">y\u01d4\u2010zh\u00f2ng\u2010b\u00f9t\u00f3ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t((y\u01d4\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">with<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e0e\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8207\/\u4e0e<\/span>)\u2010(zh\u00f2ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">crowd<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4f17\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u773e\/\u8846<\/span>)\u2010(b\u00f9t\u00f3ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">not \u00b7 {was the same} \u2192 [was different]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e0d\u540c)\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">\u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[stood out from the crowd]<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t34<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:21,357 \u2192 00:01:23,901<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(su\u01d2\u00b7y\u01d0\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{that which} \u00b7 {is the reason} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[so]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6240\u4ee5)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">z\u00e0i<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">at<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5728)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">d\u00fa<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{(I) read}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8bfb\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8b80<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">zh\u00e8ige<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(zh\u00e8i\u00b7ge\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">this \u00b7 [<i>mw<\/i>]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8fd9\u4e2a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u9019\u500b<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">j\u00ecz\u01cei<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(j\u00ec\u00b7z\u01cei\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">recorded \u00b7 writing \u2192<\/span> [account]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8bb0\u8f7d\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8a18\u8f09<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00edhou<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{(particular) times}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u65f6\u5019\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u6642\u5019<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t35<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:23,901 \u2192 00:01:26,696<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">w\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6211)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">g\u00e8ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u66f4)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">r\u00f3ngy\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(r\u00f3ng\u00b7y\u00ec\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{containing \u2192 [allowing]} \u00b7 {being easy} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[easily]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5bb9\u6613)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<strong>\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u0113n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">l\u00edn<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">q\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">her<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">j\u00ecng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[situation]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{in that way}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5730)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">xi\u01cengxi\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(xi\u01ceng\u00b7xi\u00e0ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{think of} \u00b7 {(instances of) being like \u2192 [images]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[imagine]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u60f3\u8c61\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u60f3\u8c61\/\u50cf<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p id=\"v4sub36\">\n\t\t\t36<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:26,696 \u2192 00:01:28,782<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">d\u0101ngsh\u00ed<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(d\u0101ng\u00b7sh\u00ed\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{at that} \u00b7 {(particular) time}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5f53\u65f6\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u7576\u6642<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">t\u0101<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">she<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5979)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">su\u01d2<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{that which (she)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u6240)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ch\u01d4<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{was dwelling in} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[was situated in]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5904\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u8655<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">hu\u00e1nj\u00ecng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(hu\u00e1n\u00b7j\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">surrounding \u00b7 {(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place] \u2192 [situation]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[situation]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u73af\u5883\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u74b0\u5883<\/span>)<\/span>,\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t37<br \/>\n\t\t\t00:01:28,782 \u2192 00:01:30,867<br \/>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal All\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcd6<\/span> <span onclick=\"advParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal Advanced\" class=\"plusinfotransl\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span> <span onclick=\"minusParentNode(this)\" title=\"Reveal None\">\ud83d\udcd8<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">h\u00e1iy\u01d2u<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(h\u00e1i\u00b7y\u01d2u\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">also \u00b7 <span class=\"lit\">{(there) is having \u2192<\/span> [(there) is]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8fd8\u6709\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u9084\u6709<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">t\u0101<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">she<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5979)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">sh\u00ec<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">was<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u662f)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">ge<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">[<i>mw<\/i>]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e2a\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u500b\/\u4e2a<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">z\u011bny\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(z\u011bn\u00b7y\u00e0ng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">what \u00b7 kind<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u600e\u6837\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u600e\u6a23<\/span>)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">de<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">\u2019s<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u7684)<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span onclick=\"plus(this)\">r\u00e9n<\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">person<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4eba)<\/span>.\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n\n\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4>Morphemic Breakdown<\/h4>\n<p>In <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">body [\u2192 [self]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which literally means \u201cbody\u201d, is used to effectively mean \u201cself\u201d. Another Mandarin expression in which <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">body [\u2192 [self]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> is used this way is <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cxi\u00e0nsh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(xi\u00e0n\u00b7sh\u0113n\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">{offer \u2192<\/span> [dedicate]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span> \u00b7 <span class=\"lit\">{body \u2192<\/span> [self]<span class=\"lit\">}<\/span><\/span> | <span class=\"lit\">{offering of \u2192 [dedicating of]} \u00b7 {body \u2192 [self]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[dedication]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u732e\u8eab\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u737b\u8eab<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which literally means \u201coffer body\u201d, but which effectively means <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/d\/r1\/lp-e\/2023321#h=29:0-30:517\" title=\"Baptism\u2014How to Get Ready \u2014 Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\">\u201cdedicate self\u201d, as one does before getting baptized<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cl\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">face; overlook; {be near to} | arrive; {be present} | approach; {draw near} | {on the point of}; {just before}; {[be] about to}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in this week\u2019s MEotW can have several possible meanings, as can be seen from its <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus \u201cflashcard\u201d. In the context of <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cl\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">face; overlook; {be near to} | arrive; {be present} | approach; {draw near} | {on the point of}; {just before}; {[be] about to}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> evidently means \u201cbeing present (in)\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time Mandarin field language learners may recall that this <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cl\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">face; overlook; {be near to} | arrive; {be present} | approach; {draw near} | {on the point of}; {just before}; {[be] about to}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> also appears in the expression <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cl\u00ednz\u00e0i<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(l\u00edn\u00b7z\u00e0i\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{having arrived} \u00b7 {being present}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\u5728\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8\u5728<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which was used in older versions of the Mandarin <i>New World Translation<\/i> Bible to translate the Greek word <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/en\/wol\/b\/r1\/lp-e\/nwtsty\/40\/24#s=3&#038;study=discover\" title=\"Matthew 24 &mdash; Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY\"><i>pa\u00b7rou\u00b7si\u02b9a<\/i><\/a> in scriptures such as <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/b\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/nwtsty\/40\/24#s=3&#038;study=parallel&#038;v=40:24:3\" title=\"\u9a6c\u592a\u798f\u97f3 24 &mdash; \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Matthew 24:3<\/a>. However, as explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/wol.jw.org\/cmn-Hans\/wol\/d\/r23\/lp-chs-rb\/1001070202\" title=\"A2 \u4fee\u8ba2\u7248\u7684\u7279\u8272 &mdash; \u5b88\u671b\u53f0\u7ebf\u4e0a\u4e66\u5e93\">Appendix A2<\/a> of the current version of the Mandarin <i>NWT<\/i> Bible, <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cl\u00ednz\u00e0i<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(l\u00edn\u00b7z\u00e0i\n\t\t\t<span class=\"mt\">{having arrived} \u00b7 {being present}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\u5728\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8\u5728<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> is no longer used to translate <i>pa\u00b7rou\u00b7si\u02b9a<\/i> because many readers found this Mandarin expression to be unfamiliar\u2014indeed, out of the several dictionaries loaded in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pleco.com\" title=\"Pleco Software \u2013 The #1 Chinese dictionary app for iOS and Android\">Pleco<\/a> app, this expression only appears in the <a href=\"http:\/\/access.ucam.org\/rte\/\" title=\"Referenced Theo. Expressions\"><i>Referenced Theo. Expressions (RTE)<\/i><\/a> one.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on to <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cq\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">he\/she\/it\/they\/his\/her\/its\/their\/that\/such\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> this <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morpheme\" title=\"Morpheme - Wikipedia\">morpheme<\/a> seems to function in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> as a possessive determiner, determiners being a part of speech that many modern grammar theorists see as distinct from adjectives, pronouns, etc. Regarding that, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Determiner\" title=\"Determiner - Wikipedia\">Wikipedia<\/a> provides this summary:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMost determiners have been traditionally classed either as adjectives or pronouns, and this still occurs in traditional grammars: for example, demonstrative and possessive determiners are sometimes described as <em>demonstrative adjectives<\/em> and <em>possessive adjectives<\/em> or as <em>(adjectival) demonstrative pronouns<\/em> and <em>(adjectival) possessive pronouns<\/em> respectively. \u2026However, modern theorists of grammar tend to distinguish determiners as a separate word class from adjectives, which are simple modifiers of nouns, expressing attributes of the thing referred to.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Determiner#cite_note-1\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Determiner#cite_note-2\" title=\"Wikipedia source information\">[source]<\/a><\/sup> This distinction applies particularly in languages, such as English, that use definite and indefinite articles frequently as a necessary component of noun phrases\u2014the determiners may then be taken to be a class of words that includes the articles as well as other words that function in the place of articles.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, the <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cj\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[(set of)] boundaries; borders} [\u2192 [[(bounded)] place; area; territory] [\u2192 [condition; situation; circumstances]]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> literally means \u201cboundaries; borders\u201d, which here effectively means \u201c(set of) boundaries\u201d, which in turn effectively means \u201c(bounded) place; area\u201d, which in turn effectively means \u201ccondition; situation; circumstances\u201d. Another expression in which this <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201cj\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{[(set of)] boundaries; borders} [\u2192 [[(bounded)] place; area; territory] [\u2192 [condition; situation; circumstances]]]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> appears is <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201chu\u00e1nj\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo a\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(hu\u00e1n\u00b7j\u00ecng\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">surrounding; encircling \u00b7 {(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192 [condition; situation; circumstances]} \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[environment; surroundings; circumstances; situation; context | environmental]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u73af\u5883\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u74b0\u5883<\/span>)<\/span><i>\u201d,<\/i> which appears in subtitle 36 of the above <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus video transcript excerpt.<\/p>\n<h4>Non-\u201cStandard\u201d Hyphenation?<\/h4>\n<p>Four-syllable\/character expressions like <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>\u201csh\u0113n<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\"><span class=\"lit\">body \u2192<\/span> [self]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u8eab)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>l\u00edn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">{being present (in)}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u4e34\n\t\t\t<span class=\"trad\">\u81e8<\/span>)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>q\u00ed<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"mt\">his\/her\/its\/their\u2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5176)<\/span>\u2010<span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>j\u00ecng<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(<span class=\"lit\">{(set of) boundaries \u2192 [(bounded) place; area] \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[condition; situation; circumstances]}<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u5883)<\/span><i>\u201d<\/i> have often been written in <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> with a hyphen between the middle syllables, or as one whole word. These formats are really just general stylistic conventions, since even the PRC government\u2019s official standard for <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> orthography is at most a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2021\/09\/06\/dianliang\/\" title=\"di\u01cenli\u00e0ng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\">recommendations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus material renders such multi-morpheme expressions with hyphens <em>at the actual word boundaries,<\/em> which should make it easy for readers to parse how these expressions are constructed and thus make sense of them.<\/p>\n<h4>Just Like Being There<\/h4>\n<p>Interestingly, while it\u2019s obviously relatively easy to get immersed in a good video, with its sights and sounds, the sister quoted in the above-mentioned video from the <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book said that the Bible\u2019s true-life written account about Esther was so compelling to her that she could see herself being there. This week\u2019s MEotW can help us to talk with our Mandarin-speaking Bible students about that kind of Bible-reading experience.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For convenience:<\/p>\n<p>The direct link for the <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus resource for the <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/lff\/Pinyin_Plus\/index.html\" title=\"Enjoy Life Forever! Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn Plus, Web)\"><i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> Bk. (<i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i> Plus, Web)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The short link for Chinese field language-learning links for the <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tiandi.info\/lff\" title=\"Enjoy Life Forever! Book Links - tiandi.info\"><i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> Book Links (<strong>tiandi.info\/lff<\/strong>)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> and <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> Plus web material based on the Mandarin <i>Enjoy Life Forever!<\/i> book will be made available in the <span onclick=\"plus(this)\"><i>P\u012bny\u012bn<\/i><\/span><span class=\"plusinfo\" onclick=\"minus(this)\">\n\t\t\t(P\u012bn\u00b7y\u012bn\n\t\t\t<span class=\"lit\">{Piecing Together of} \u00b7 Sounds \u2192<\/span> <span class=\"mt\">[Pinyin]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\u62fc\u97f3)<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/lff\/Pinyin_Plus\/index.html\" title=\"Enjoy Life Forever! Bk. (P\u012bny\u012bn Plus, Web)\">Plus<\/a> web resource as time allows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \ud83d\udcd8 Reveal None re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] One of the [&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":[15],"tags":[22,374,111,53,343,47,45,76,66,78,68,49,143,79,136,295,186],"class_list":["post-4234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theocratic","tag-china","tag-determiners","tag-enjoy-life-forever-br-bk","tag-grammar","tag-hyphenation","tag-morphemes","tag-nwt-appendix-a2","tag-orthography","tag-parallel-translations","tag-pinyin-plus","tag-pleco","tag-referenced-theo-expressions","tag-related-expressions","tag-standards","tag-usage-examples","tag-video-subtitles","tag-video-transcripts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>sh\u0113n\u2010l\u00edn\u2010q\u00ed\u2010j\u00ecng - 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\/2023\/12\/03\/shen\u2010lin\u2010qi\u2010jing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"sh\u0113n\u2010l\u00edn\u2010q\u00ed\u2010j\u00ecng - Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[Notes: Tap\/click on a expression to reveal its \u201cflashcard\u201d; tap\/click on a \u201cflashcard\u201d or its expression to hide the \u201cflashcard\u201d. \ud83d\udcd6 \ud83d\udcc4 \ud83d\udcd8 icons mean \ud83d\udcd6 Reveal All, \ud83d\udcc4 Reveal Advanced, and \ud83d\udcd8 Reveal None re all the \u201cflashcards\u201d in the heading, paragraph, etc. that they are placed at the beginning of.] One of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/troubadourworks.com\/tiandi\/meotw\/2023\/12\/03\/shen\u2010lin\u2010qi\u2010jing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mandarin Expression of the Week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-04T06:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-09T08:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tiandi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TiandiLinksNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TiandiLinksNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tiandi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/03\\\/shen%e2%80%90lin%e2%80%90qi%e2%80%90jing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/03\\\/shen%e2%80%90lin%e2%80%90qi%e2%80%90jing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tiandi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/86583c7b099e090dfeb296aa818abb57\"},\"headline\":\"sh\u0113n\u2010l\u00edn\u2010q\u00ed\u2010j\u00ecng\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-04T06:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-09T08:16:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/troubadourworks.com\\\/tiandi\\\/meotw\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/03\\\/shen%e2%80%90lin%e2%80%90qi%e2%80%90jing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1757,\"commentCount\":1,\"keywords\":[\"China\",\"Determiners\",\"Enjoy Life Forever! 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