A quiet corner of Chinese
Pull up a chair. The language and the civilisation behind it — characters, vocabulary, grammar, philosophy, history, food, and tea, written slowly and meant to be read the same way. Stay as long as you like.
This week's thread
One theme and a few entries that answer to it — a thread to follow on a quiet afternoon.
What's in the nook
Two halves: the building blocks of the language, and the civilisation that built it.
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The newest notes added to the nook.
How to read
Every entry is one of four kinds. The colour follows the kind throughout the site, so you always know what you're looking at.
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A short tour of the nook — language, philosophy, culture, food. Read in order, or wander.