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Get Out the 投票!

kathleenNov 07, 2016 Character Moments No Comments
Today’s get-the-vote-out Google Doodle features the Chinese word 投票 tóu piào that means—you guessed it—vote. 投 tóu means to throw, to cast. And 票 piào is a ticket or a ballot. To vote 投票 tóu piào is to cast 投 tóu a ballot 票...

Best Supporting Characters

kathleenNov 03, 2016 Character Moments No Comments
In the movie “The Big Short,” two Chinese characters are displayed in Dr. Michael Burry’s office at Scion Capital. (Blink and you’ll miss them.) These characters—欲 yù and 恐 kǒng—are at the heart of the Wall Street proverb, “Financial...

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