• Learn a New Lauguage Through Blogging

    I am learning Spanish and have come to know two language websites, namely, Italki and LiveMocha. I know a lot of friends through those sites. I help my friends in learning English and Chinese. I will use this blog as a forum for my friends and I to tell our experience in learning a new language and ways and means to improve the related language skills. Let's help each other. It is a win-win situation.

    Soy Brandon Zin de Hong Kong que es un territorio autónomo de China, pero antes era una colonia de Gran Bretaña. Estoy seim-retirado. Trabajando para una compañía en los Estados Unidos como consultor experto en asuntos con China. Ahora tengo mas tiempo para hacer las cosas que me gusta. La razón por la que estoy estudiando Español es porque me gusta escuchar las canciones latinas, y no comprendo las letras. Si aprendo el idioma Español me entenderé las letras.

    我是洗百敦（假名），来自香港．自从回归后一国两制，社会稳定繁荣，生活不错．

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Sleep On Brushwood and Taste Gall 卧薪尝胆

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Brandon Zin

Background
卧薪尝胆 (wò xīn cháng dǎn) litrally means “Sleep On Brushwood and Taste Gall”
During the Spring and Autumn period （770－476BC）, the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue. The King of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died. His son Fu Chai became the new King. Fu was determined to get revenge. [...]

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The regain of power of the Kuomintang in Taiwan

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Brandon Zin

Tuesday, 20th May 2008 marked the inauguration of Ma ying-jeou (Ma) as the President of Taiwan, or as Beijing called him the leader of Taiwan. The date also marked the return of power of the Kuomintang (KMT) of Taiwan, the founding party of Taiwan, which was founded by the famous Generlismimo Chiang Kai Shek, who fled Mainland [...]

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Ask a tiger for its skin 与虎谋皮

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Brandon Zin

This proverb is an example of a borrowed metaphor, which borrows the object, a tiger, to convey a message. This proverb can be used widely in situations involving power struggle, in politics and businesses.  This applies in situations for asking someone of evil characters for something impossible as tigers in Chinese history represented something evil, fearful or [...]

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