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Chinese New Year
i’ve heard of the year of the rooster but 2025—is the year of the kookoo ...

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Categories: chinese, political,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member Guo Hua, Chinese painting genre
its style is a journey for my mind providing a world onto itself with miles to meander and crevasses to explore with paths to follow allowing my soul to wander posted on April 10, 2025...

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Categories: chinese, art, nature, world,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wise words from Laozi, Chinese philospher
"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, while others build windmills."...

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Categories: chinese, change,
Form: Prose
Premium Member chinese soup
( a college life vignette) It’s Thursday morning, usually no one’s favorite, but this one seems sugary new, as if beamed in from a different, better universe. The clouds look fluffy and freshly washed. Even the freshmen, who’re everywhere, multiplied, as if they’d been cloned overnight, seem less dramatic with their endless droning-on about insignificant political points. Could...

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Categories: chinese, father, father daughter, friendship,
Form: Free verse
The mother
Sleep tight, my child dear. Mother is here, nothing to fear. If the child snatcher, comes at our steps. I will stab him with my own hands. ...

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Categories: chinese, 8th grade, caregiving, devotion,
Form: Free verse



The poisonous
Within the scorpion's belly, mother's blood is the meal. I wonder,Is that's why scorpion is poisonous? But be the lamb of sheep or the child of scorpion,Both are young sprouts. I wonder, so does the scorpion taste "sweetness that linger on tongue, A piercing pain in the throat, the soul torn apart". ...

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Categories: chinese, 11th grade, analogy, animal,
Form: Tanka
The general
With the thousands troop, I the general stride. Below the land of ancestors pride. Where dragon soars and tiger leaps with might. For this, my sword tainted with river of blood. Bears felony's weight , a mountain heavy tide. My heart a rock, no regret, no shame reside. ...

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Categories: chinese, 10th grade, courage, dark,
Form: Heroic Couplet
The coupe
Biting back at dragon's scale, I run through the weapons crossing like chaotic clouds flying past. The mighty sword rise in air, Only to drown in sin so deep. My hands stained with blood so red, Root betrayed. Blood of kin, A price I have paid. Heaven's cry, in torrent rage. ...

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Categories: chinese, 10th grade, betrayal, dark,
Form: Jueju
The remaining soldier
(From1) Snowflakes whisper peace, in Frozen air, Echoes of battle, comrade beyond repair. (Form2) Alone I stand, in snowy vastness wide, Blood- soaked memories, my comrade demise. (Form3) Before me, snow's pure silence deep, Behind crimson shadows, comrades sleep. ...

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Categories: chinese, 9th grade, death, emotions,
Form: Couplet
The chang'an's street
" I stand on the chang'an's street with tattered clothes and tattered hands". I follow deep the fireflies, running barefoot among the sea of faces, "I get out in the pitch of darkness". Oh! My beloved now I can "only drink the northwest winds". ...

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Categories: chinese, 10th grade, emotions, longing,
Form: Couplet
The silk merchant
Silk merchant 's gaze, a practical sweep, Fine thread he seeks, where shadows sleep. A finger points, with eager grace, "This crimson hue, a rare embrace!" Young maiden stands,with eyes so deep, My mother's hand, it secret keep. The silkworm spun a crimson stain, Where pain and love, did interwine. "Her wounded hands, the thread did hold" A sacrifice, a story to told. The silk,...

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Categories: chinese, 11th grade, grief, humanity,
Form: Ballad
Lady Tua
Lady Tua, frequently look in the pond, but who may tell her ladyship? That turbulent water shows no reflection. ...

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Categories: chinese, 10th grade, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Tanka
Lunar Calendar Valentine day
2025.2.12. Chinese Lantern Festival. Tonight, it is the first full moon of the Lunar Calendar year. It is also the end of the CNY's celebration. It is time to do something different. The villages welcome the lantern festival. Kick off the night with some spring vibes. Colourful light lanterns are up in the dark sky, They clip along the street lamps' wires. People...

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Categories: chinese, blessing, happy, marriage, parents,
Form: Free verse
Chinese Twelve Zodiac
2025.2.2, CNY 5th day There are twelve Zodiac in Chinese Fung Shiu. Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon and Snake Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Boar. There were terms "Tam hop, Tu s/xung. Meaning three for, four against. Best matches are in the following strict order. Rat, Dragon and Monkey. Ox, Snake and Rooster. Tiger, Horse and Dog. Worse against are Rat vs Horse, Hare vs...

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Categories: chinese, culture, fate, happiness, health,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 2025 Year of the Wood Snake
Wonderful attributes are associated with the Chinese New Year The Wood snake brings wisdom, creativity, intuition and growth She symbolizes renewal, transformation, patience and understanding The snake’s major element is Yang fire Yang fire is associated with the sun Thus, bringing these attributes into Year 2025 Aboveboard, selfless, cordial, ambitious, righteous, foresighted The snake hour is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. This...

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Categories: chinese, culture,
Form: Free verse

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