Apparently 黑线 (black thread) is a colloquial expression that means "a feeling of speechlessness or frustration" and when I looked up Pleco, it says that it has something to do with the Cultural Revolution. Man, I went to deep places with that sentence lol.
Asking Chinese Mastodon - does black thread really mean this in the Chinese context?
But anyway, my sentence started out very basic, but has lots of cultural elements.
Red thread = signifies bonded by fate, black thread = frustration.
So, in a way, I basically said that "I wanted a red thread (someone who is fated to love me) but got black thread (ostrasization) instead. So deep lol
The cutest boyband ever! If only they weren't trying so hard to kill each other 😆
PS: Found this on Twitter. Couldn't get this out of my mind cos they look so cute in this clip! I am taking my time with #JoyOfLife2. Only at episode 2 and this is because I rewatched the episodes twice haha. JOL has such intricately written plots you really need to pay attention!
When Iived in Australia, I realised that we Malaysians had access to more advanced tech. Our laptops, smartphones etc were more advanced.
When I was a journalist who would travel overseas to interview people - Asian journalists always had the slickest voice recorders. We were using MP3 recorders while the Western journos were still using tape.
I don't think it's because we r smarter; I think we dare to copy & improve while co's in the West are more protective & possessive of their #tech. 1/2
And I know this post could rile people up due to the way it's worded but there's limited text space so... Lol. What I am trying to say is I noticed that the business culture in the East and the West is different and as a result drives different outcomes. I heard a historian on a podcast say that the concept of intellectual property is an alien on in the East and that the culture there had always been to improve on inventions. (Ie Copy!) This results in quicker innovations. 2/2
@tuban_muzuru and thing is the Chinese were the ones who invented the gunpowder, paper and the printing press. 😆 But they have no qualms improving on existing tech either lol
@tuban_muzuru depends on what you mean by come close. The Chinese were not as interested in waging wars so they never viewed as something they used for pleasure to be turned into weapons, and while the printing press was limited their writing itself has preserved knowledge for thousands of years. They also have this pride in written script. Diff priorities, really.
I've been a little suspicious that almost everything I wrote in Chinese, ChatGPT said was 👍 .
However, today my faith was reaffirmed when ChatGPT corrected me when I wrote 我出家。
ChatGPT: "出家" usually means to become a monk or nun, which might not be the intended meaning.
Bwahaha. Would've made an interesting diary entry though.
But what's encouraging though is that I seemed to have internalised Chinese grammar ... mostly.
@LianaBrooks Typing in Chinese is infinitely so much easier than writing it! For real. I almost feel as if I'm cheating.
Learning Mandarin is a marathon, good luck on your journey too ;D. I'm learning reading so that I can improve my speaking. I realise I can't really do without reading if I want to improve the speaking part. (Cries a little)