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Learning Mandarin

Do you know that God created the earth in six days and on the seventh day He rested? No, not that He needed to rest but being God He spoke words into being and when He rested it meant He stopped work representing a cycle from creation to completion. That is why we go on in seven day week cycles and you get your Sundays off dude! Aren't you grateful? Therefore, for those of you who have no alternative but to work seven days a week for whatever reasons, you need to try to take a day off especially on Sunday. Your body, mind and soul needs a rest and to rejuvenate. This is important. Do you know that ancient Chinese knew about creation? Tell me if you know that every Lunar New Year, what do the Chinese in particular the Cantonese celebrate on the seventh day? 人日 which is a celebration of Man's birthday right? (Or yan yat in Cantonese). What else do ancient Chinese know? Words - Chinese words were created as such 造 is to create and is made up of 土 which is earth,口 which is mo...