Things related to the http://tiandi.info, Links News, and Mandarin Expression of the Week blogs; information for Mandarin field language learnershttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mvg5isv3kd27"The '_kè_' in '_kèchéng_' may be familiar to those who have used the Mandarin versions of publications like the _Good News_ br. and the _Enjoy Life Forever!_ br./bk., since that is the Mandarin word used to correspond with the English word 'lesson'." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/09/07/kecheng-2/ #MEotW13 Sep 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg5isv3kd27https://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mvg5bwacra2pkèchéng (kè·chéng lessons · {journey → [procedure]} → [course; curriculum; (Bible) study] 课程 課程) As we offer the _Enjoy Life Forever!_ brochure to Mandarin-speaking people, what can we say to them about the Bible study course that's available? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/09/07/kecheng-2/ #MEotW13 Sep 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg5bwacra2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3muvhzz7j4j2aAvailable for the Mandarin Bible Reading for the week of 2026-09-07 (next week!) (Jer.32:6–18): Proofread _Pīnyīn+_ material (mobile-friendly, adjustable text size, integrated flashcards, human-translated English, Simp. & Trad. Ch. …) https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/nwtsty/Pinyin_Plus/1-Heb-Aram/24-Jer/Jer-32.html07 Sep 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvhzz7j4j2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3muvb6hiado2a"If you as a Mandarin field language learner have come to know some of these [language learning] truths, what are you going to do about it? Are you 'on the side of the truth' regarding these matters?" https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/30/zhenli/ #MEotW07 Sep 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvb6hiado2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3muvawjr6l723zhēnlǐ (zhēn·lǐ true · reasoning; logic → [[the] truth] 真理) What truths do we know about Mandarin and learning Mandarin? If we know some of these truths, what are we going to do about it? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/30/zhenli/ #MEotW07 Sep 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvawjr6l723https://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mu6kbo67w52p"The tiny yet exquisitely complex and functional biological molecular machines that inspired humans to create artificial molecular machines similarly *must* have had an intelligent Creator." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/23/weixing-jiqi/ https://youtu.be/bee6PWUgPo8?si=H9d3XBjvxGq1eI3U #MEotW28 Aug 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6kbo67w52phttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mu6k52s3uj2ewēixíng (wēi·xíng tiny · {mould → [type]} → [tiny] 微型) "jīqì (jī·qì machine · device → [machine] 机器 機器)" What can we tell Mandarin-speaking people in the field about the tiny machines inside our cells? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/23/weixing-jiqi/ https://youtu.be/bee6PWUgPo8?si=H9d3XBjvxGq1eI3U #MEotW28 Aug 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6k52s3uj2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mtndrhsmmi26_Enjoy Life Forever!_ Br. _Pīnyīn_+ Web Resource Now Available (proofread, mobile-friendly, integrated flashcards, human-translated English, Simp & Trad Ch, video transcripts, adjustable text size, offline use, icon…) "Next month…a worldwide campaign" https://linksnews.blogspot.com/2026/08/enjoy-life-forever-br-pinyin-web.html22 Aug 2026 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtndrhsmmi26https://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mtmiywhpcc2l“Overall, the people of China have long viewed their nation as *central* to the world that they knew, or cared most about, to the point that ‘China was the only culture to use the concept for its name’.” https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/16/zhongguo-2/ #MEotW #PīnyīnPlus [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmiywhpcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mtmiw5hcuc2lZhōngguó (Zhōng·guó Central · Nation → [China | Chinese] 中国 中國) How has the worldly nation of China long viewed itself? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/16/zhongguo-2/ #MEotW #PīnyīnPlus [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmiw5hcuc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mtasawonrl2s"'The [English] word "gospel" is derived from the old English _godspel_, which means "good news; good tidings".' Looking at the morphemes in '_Fúyīn‐Shū_', we see that the first one, '_Fú_', is the fairly well-known one that means 'blessings'." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/09/fuyin%e2%80%90shu/ #MEotW17 Aug 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtasawonrl2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mtarzhcsxi2cFúyīn‐Shū ((Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [Gospel]) What do the morphemes in the Mandarin expression meaning "Gospel" actually mean? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/09/fuyin%e2%80%90shu/ #MEotW17 Aug 2026 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtarzhcsxi2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3msp7ddo5z32hProofread Musical Notation 🎼 with _Pīnyīn_ Lyrics…Available for All the Songs for Mandarin 2026 Conventions, Including the Concluding Song (proofread, mobile-friendly, auto-zooming musical notation 🎼, song links sorted by no., zip file for offline use…) https://linksnews.blogspot.com/2026/08/proofread-musical-notation-with-pinyin.html10 Aug 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msp7ddo5z32hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3msp5y5fynj2x"In marked contrast, _Pīnyīn_ is a simple, elegant, consistent system of representing modern Mandarin speech, such that if _Pīnyīn_ expressions are written a certain way, then they must be pronounced a certain way—well-designed, neat, and orderly." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/02/jingran%e2%80%90youxu/ #MEotW10 Aug 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msp5y5fynj2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3msp5lrrkon2djǐngrán (jǐng·rán … [→ [tidy; methodical; shipshape]] 井然)‐ yǒuxù (yǒu·xù … [→ […systematic; in good order…]] 有序) Unlike Chinese characters, how is _Pīnyīn_ well-designed, neat, and orderly, like the manufacturing processes inside our cells? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/08/02/jingran%e2%80%90youxu/ #MEotW10 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msp5lrrkon2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3ms2vxpkdmr2a"This scientific truth about language, that Jehovah built us and wired us to primarily communicate meaning through *speech*, supports what 1 Corinthians 14:8–11…says about *understandable speech* being of prime importance to Christian evangelizers." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/26/nandao/ #MEotW02 Aug 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2vxpkdmr2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3ms2vjdqpva25nándào (nán·dào {is (it) difficult} · {to say [→ [to suppose]] (that)} → [can/could it be that; is it possible that; do you really mean to say that; don't tell me that] 难道 難道) How can we ask rhetorical questions in Mandarin? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/26/nandao/ #MEotW02 Aug 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2vjdqpva25https://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mrir7wz64k2r"With so much misinformation 'in the air', including from trusted authority figures, 'everyone knows' that there is one Chinese language, with dialects that include Mandarin, Cantonese, etc." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/19/ji%e2%80%90tong%e2%80%90ya%e2%80%90jiang-2/ #MEotW25 Jul 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrir7wz64k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mriqy2cnex2ojī‐tóng‐yā‐jiǎng ((jī chicken 鸡 雞/鷄)‐(tóng {together with} 同 同/仝)‐(yā duck 鸭 鴨)‐(jiǎng speaking 讲 講)…) What are some factors affecting whether or not Mandarin field language learners know certain basic truths about the Chinese languages? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/19/ji%e2%80%90tong%e2%80%90ya%e2%80%90jiang-2/ #MEotW25 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mriqy2cnex2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mqv3rckub72p**Pīnyīn Plus: The Next Generation** Read all about _Pīnyīn_+, the next generation of _Pīnyīn_ Plus material for Mandarin field language learners: https://linksnews.blogspot.com/2026/07/pinyin-plus-next-generation.html18 Jul 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqv3rckub72phttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mqljxmnivs2d“Characters are like a conceited jerk who convinces you…to jump from a high place … _Pīnyīn_, …is like a modest…person who clearly explains each step for you so that you can dependably and confidently get to where you want to go.” https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/12/pinyin-2/ #MEotW #PīnyīnPlus [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 06:04 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqljxmnivs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mqljqikofs2dPīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) What are some common myths and misconceptions about _Pīnyīn_? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/12/pinyin-2/ #MEotW #PīnyīnPlus [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqljqikofs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mpz2efmue32l"They would first have to learn and remember the rarely-used symbols of _Zhùyīn_, which for almost everyone these days is going to be significantly harder than remembering the familiar Latin alphabet letters of _Pīnyīn_." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/05/zhuyin-2/ #MEotW06 Jul 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpz2efmue32lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mpyzf2owvv2cZhùyīn (Zhù·yīn {Annotating of} · Sounds → [Zhuyin] 注音 註/注音) For Mandarin field language learners, how does _Zhùyīn_ compare with _Pīnyīn_? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/07/05/zhuyin-2/ #MEotW06 Jul 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyzf2owvv2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mpcvfjwbyg2g"Together, the morphemes in '_jīngjì_' seem to on one level of literalness mean 'managing of helping', effectively having meanings related to 'economy' or 'economic'." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/06/21/jingji/ #MEotW28 Jun 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcvfjwbyg2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mpcvcrk6dh26jīngjì (jīng·jì {managing [of]} · {crossing [of] a river → [helping]} → [economy | [is] economical | economic | financial condition] 经济 經濟) How can we talk to people in Mandarin about whether economic reform can bring world peace? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/06/21/jingji/ #MEotW28 Jun 2026 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcvcrk6dh26https://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mor7vsvcwj2q"Another use of the '_huán_' in '_xúnhuán_' that many Mandarin-speaking people may be familiar with is in the Mandarin names of the ring roads of Beijing." https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/06/14/xunhuan/ #MEotW21 Jun 2026 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mor7vsvcwj2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiandilinksnews.bsky.social/post/3mor6dy2qhc2dxúnhuán (xún·huán {following [of]} · {ring → [circle]} → [circulating; cycling | cycle] 循环 循環) How can we talk in Mandarin about the well-designed natural cycles that make life possible on earth? https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2026/06/14/xunhuan/ #MEotW #PīnyīnPlus21 Jun 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:fseg3js4tbfymqma6llrhdfd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mor6dy2qhc2d