Washington Post, January 12, 2010 on page C10: Today's News:
"Mei Xiang" in Pin Yin: Fragrant or sweet-smelling America in two Chinese words or characters). For annotations,see "A Glimpse of the Chinese Language" available free in pdf format by visiting www.rand.org for reference.
"Panda reproduction is difficult to analyze, because female pandas are famous for exhibiting the signs of being pregnant even when they are not. This has happened several times with Mei Xiang and her mate, Tian Tian." (Perhaps it is attributable to Chinese culture of being taciturn to hold a cub in the light vein) Tian Tian in Pin Yin: to add i.e. to have another bowl of rice or another branch of bamboo or to have another cub. The word has water radical for such Chinese character or word.
Mother Mei Xiang's only other offspring Tai Shan, is 4 years old and will be sent to China next month. Folks in Washington would miss Tai Shen but another Panda may be coming if there is serendipity. Tai Shan in Pin Yin: Peaceful Mountain as two Chinese words or characters.Another idiomatic expression for father-in-law i.e. Can be trusted due to the love of a father to the daughter. Reliable to the fullest extent.
Francis Shieh aka Xie Shihao, trying to be a wordsmith in Chinese and American English languages for recreational learning. Moreover, as a lifelong octogenarian student of economics,Xie Shihao has a far-flung or wide-ranging macro outlook in learning the far-fetched discipline of economics as "Freakonomics with super extra dimension of all fields.
Tuesday,January 12, 2010 at 9.36 a.m.
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