{"id":67,"date":"2009-03-08T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T13:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=67"},"modified":"2009-03-08T09:27:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T13:27:41","slug":"international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is March 8, which means it’s \u56fd\u9645\u5987\u5973\u8282<\/strong> (International Women’s Day).\u00a0 Don’t forget to send a message to your \u5973\u6027<\/strong> (female) friends.\u00a0 Incidentally, \u4e09\u516b<\/strong> (literally – “3 8” means gossipy\/b*&%^) is a term used for referring to women which has two meanings- neither one is very flattering.\u00a0 \u5973\u4eba\u624b\u6491\u534a\u8fb9\u5929<\/strong> (women hold up half the sky) is the famous saying favored by Mao Zedong.\u00a0 \u4e09\u4e2a\u5973\u4eba\u4e00\u53f0\u620f <\/strong>(essentially – there is drama if there are 3 women in the same place)\u00a0 is another common Chinese saying.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at some of the words that have a female character radical in them.\u00a0 \u597d<\/strong> (good) is a good one, as it has a mother and child together.\u00a0 \u5b89<\/strong> (peace) is another good example, as a woman is under a roof.\u00a0 My next post may have a little more to say about Visas, as it’s about that time again!<\/p>\n

Words<\/p>\n

\u56fd\u9645 guo2ji4 – international
\n\u5987\u5973 fu4nv3 – women
\n\u8282 jie2 – holiday
\n\u5973\u6027\u00a0 nv3xing4 – female
\n\u4e09\u516b san1ba1 – b#$%@ or gossipy
\n\u6491 cheng1 – hold up
\n\u597d hao3 – good
\n\u5b89 an1 – peace
\n\u53f0 tai2 – stage
\n\u620f xi4 – drama\/performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is March 8, which means it’s \u56fd\u9645\u5987\u5973\u8282 (International Women’s Day).\u00a0 Don’t forget to send a message to your \u5973\u6027 (female) friends.\u00a0 Incidentally, \u4e09\u516b (literally – “3 8” means gossipy\/b*&%^) is a term used for referring to women which has two meanings- neither one is very flattering.\u00a0 \u5973\u4eba\u624b\u6491\u534a\u8fb9\u5929 (women hold up half the sky) is…<\/p>\n

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