{"id":113,"date":"2009-07-05T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T14:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=113"},"modified":"2009-07-05T10:56:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-05T14:56:48","slug":"korea-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/korea-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this post while on the <strong>\u9ad8\u901f\u94c1\u8def<\/strong> (high speed rail) to <strong>\u91dc\u5c71<\/strong>(Pusan).\u00a0 I departed from <strong>\u9996\u5c14<\/strong>(Seoul), formerly known as <strong>\u6c49\u57ce<\/strong> (old name for Seoul) with a friend.\u00a0 We have enjoyed some great <strong>\u62cc\u996d<\/strong> (bibimbap) so far here. What surprises me the most in Korea is the clearly high <strong>\u6548\u7387<\/strong> (efficiency\uff09of most systems, not least of which is the rail system.\u00a0 Things leave and arrive on time.\u00a0 In addition to that, Korea has a fascination with <strong>\u540d\u724c<\/strong> (name brand) products.\u00a0 Back in college, I studied Korean for 3 years.\u00a0 Actually, you get a substantial boost with vocabulary in studying Korean as many words (up to 60%) come from <strong>\u53e4\u4ee3<\/strong> (ancient) Chinese.\u00a0 However, there is still the 40% remaining words which are <strong>\u672c\u571f<\/strong> (native) terms.\u00a0 Most remarkable here in Korea has been the <strong>\u751f\u6d3b\u6c34\u5e73<\/strong> (standard of living) of its population.\u00a0 More on that in posts to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u9ad8\u901f\u94c1\u8def gao1su4tie3lu4 &#8211; high-speed rail<br \/>\n\u91dc\u5c71 fu3shan1 &#8211; Pusan<br \/>\n\u9996\u5c14 shou2(3)er3 &#8211; Seoul<br \/>\n\u6c49\u57ce han4cheng2 &#8211; Seoul (old name)<br \/>\n\u62cc\u996d ban4fan4 &#8211; bibimbap<br \/>\n\u6548\u7387 xiao4lv4 &#8211; efficiency<br \/>\n\u540d\u724c ming2pai2 &#8211; famous brands<br \/>\n\u53e4\u4ee3 fu3dai4 &#8211; ancient times<br \/>\n\u672c\u571f ben2(3)tu3 &#8211; local, native<br \/>\n\u751f\u6d3b\u6c34\u5e73 sheng1huo3(2)shui4ping2 &#8211; standard of living<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this post while on the \u9ad8\u901f\u94c1\u8def (high speed rail) to \u91dc\u5c71(Pusan).\u00a0 I departed from \u9996\u5c14(Seoul), formerly known as \u6c49\u57ce (old name for Seoul) with a friend.\u00a0 We have enjoyed some great \u62cc\u996d (bibimbap) so far here. 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