Bird and bug words
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👋 Welcome to this fortnight’s issue of the Giant Mandarin newsletter. In this issue, I cover words on the topic of birds and bugs.
🎯 Words
鸟 niǎo - bird 🐦
麻雀 máquè - sparrow
乌鸦 wūyā - crow
渡鸦 dùyā - raven
鸭 yā - duck 🦆
鸡 jī - chicken 🐓
虫子 chóngzi - insect; bug
蜗牛 wōniú - snail 🐌
毛虫 máochóng - caterpillar 🐛
蚂蚁 mǎyǐ - ant 🐜
蜘蛛 zhīzhū - spider 🕷
知了 zhīliǎo - cicada
蝉 chán - cicada
苍蝇 cāngying - housefly; fly 🪰
蚊子 wénzi - mosquito 🦟
蜜蜂 mìfēng - honey bee; bee 🐝
瓢虫 piáochóng - ladybug; ladybird 🐞
蝴蝶 húdié - butterfly 🦋
👀 Recommendations
🎧 Podcast episode. China Stories: Close encounters: Inside Chinese UFO hunters’ search for extraterrestrial life, The World of Chinese (23 minutes, June 17, 2022, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
As interest in science fiction and space exploration grows, China’s grassroots UFO enthusiasts continue to search for answers. Read the article by Sam Davies: https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2022/06/close-encounters-inside-the-curious-world-of-chinas-alien-hunters/. Narrated by Cliff Larsen.
🎧 Podcast episode. Chinese Literature Podcast: Lu Xun Introduction (19 minutes, January 8, 2022, Spotify, Apple Podcasts)
This is the first episode in our series on Lu Xun, and, for this episode, we are going to look at some of the earliest aspects of Lu Xun's career, both his time growing up in Shaoxing, his time in Japan and his attempts to become a translator.
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