#li chang ge

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THE LONG BALLAD ( 2021 )

(   — here’s a question for your soul , how many times can a broken thing break? and the Gods whispered: ’ let’s see, shall we? ’ )

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Cdrama: The Long Ballad (2021)

She managed the arrow well! 😲 The Long Ballad #dilraba #leowu #cdrama #shorts

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qGDyF1GfTt0

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Transmigating into mdzs to make Nie Mingjue read "On the permanent Impression of our Words and Actions on the Globe we inhabit" by Charles Babbage. Despite the profound impact i suspect it will have on him, this will not fix anything. As he instead becomes so annoying that Jin Guangyao kills both him and me instantly.

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ZHAO LUSI (赵露思) as Li Leyan, Princess Yongan

in The Long Ballad (长歌行), 2021

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BUTTERFLIED LOVER EP.11 | Lin Chang Jin × Bao Zhu

You should hate me.

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@yummysuika @ospreywhite I really appreciate your translation work; can you explain more about shichen timekeeping to me? Because I know a tiny bit of modern Mandarin Chinese, but I can't recognize the shichens as the zodiac animals:

Zi (I don't know "rat", so I actually can't make any argument here.)

Chou (I don't know "ox", but I reasonably could have expected "niu" for "cow".)

Yin (I know "tiger" as "hu".)

Mao (I don't know "rabbit", but to me "mao" is "cat".)

Chen (I know "dragon" as "long".)

Si (I don't know "snake", but now I find it interesting that it sounds like death, like snakes could be seen as evil in Chinese culture similar to how they are seen in the Christian world.)

Wu (I know "horse" as "ma".)

Wei (I know "sheep/goat" as "yang".)

Shen (I don't know "monkey", but I would have expected "Sun" or "Wu" or "Kong" because of "Monkey King".)

You (I know "rooster/chicken" as " ji".)

Xu (I know "dog" as "gou".)

Hai (I don't know "pig/boar" unless "pork" and "pig" are the same "siu".)

I tried asking my parents, but they just starting talking about how the Chinese zodiac is actually a 60-year cycle with the 12 animals and the 5 elements. So are these shichen names the "Pre-Han dynasty semi-descriptive terms"? Is it kind of like the difference between "midday" and "noon" in English? The former is a "descriptor", the latter is a "name", but they "mean" the same thing?

(I tried checking the etymology for "noon" on dictionary.com, so to be fair "ninth hour" is a descriptor, but in Modern English it's not really recognizable as such and so for the sake of my shichen question, I'm calling "noon" a "name".)

Or is this another language/dialect or due to the evolution of language (changing words and pronunciations)?

I was also looking up the Dragon Boat Festival being on the unluckiest day of the year, and it says, "The Chinese name of the festival is pronounced differently in different Chinese languages. Duanwu (端午) literally means 'starting horse'—i.e., the first "horse day" of the month according to the Chinese zodiac." so I was able to get the exact character for "wu". I think it's interesting that Wikipedia says "literally ... horse" but putting 午 into Google Translate yields "midday, noonday, seventh earthly branch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m." It's unfortunate that Wikipedia only says "different Chinese languages" for "Duanwu" instead of specifying them or time periods, but I appreciate it listing different romanizations by country for Cantonese.

Would you say there's any pattern to Chinese writers or English translators using the above terms vs. using "hour/time/head/body/tail of the (insert zodiac animal here)"? Like if one sounds better for a historical fantasy setting, or choosing to use the pinyin in English instead of translating to not be translating literally? ETA: I should have gotten onto a computer sooner. I asked my parents and then you guys because searching "shichen" in Wikipedia just resulted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_units_of_measurement. But further digging took me to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_timekeeping. I'll probably get answers there (Maybe I'll even be able to explain to my dad why he was thinking of ten stems and not matching mathematically with "60 is from 12 times 5, not 10 times 6" when he was trying to lecture on the 60-year cycle for the Chinese zodiac, lol.), so my apologies for bothering you. I'd still appreciate your thoughts on what was formerly the last paragraph about writing and translation choices!

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what kind of cats are they? :)

*starts vibrating*

so Zeya would be a feral little black cat who hides behind crates and WILL hiss at you if you get too close. actually hold up imma google some visual references

Gabi would be a chumby little calico who is nervous at first but will warm up to you eventually and is very sweet

Leo is a long-haired brown tabby who is Definitely Judging You. she will protest if you try to cuddle her (secretly she likes it)

the twins Illiana and Kalen would be majestic ragdolls who are also Definitely Judging You and are spoiled rotten

and Euna is a bengal with wayyyy too much energy

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I feel like all of the animation budget is given to General Qiu this season lol I’m not complaining tho!  

General, stop being cool! I mean, continue!!

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Movie If You Are the One 3’s director Feng Xiaogang and cast members Ge You, Shu Qi, Fan Wei, Li Chengru, Yue Yunpeng, Chang Yuan & Esther Yu Shuxin for GQ China

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Cdrama: The Long Ballad (2021)

Ngô Lỗi & Địch Lệ Nhiệt Ba siêu đáng yêu khi ở cạnh nhau 🥰

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/No5JBWUZ_Zw         

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not to be a choices player again but for once i actually cant choose between the two love interests in guinevere 💔 maybe i want to kiss both pretty women has pb ever thought abt that

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DILRABA DILMURAT (دىلرەبا دىلمۇرات) / DILIREBA (迪丽热巴) as Li Changge, Princess Yongning

in The Long Ballad (长歌行), 2021

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Bilibili Comics Shutdown

Time to Read: 37 minutes On January 24th, 2024, Bilibili Comics announced the shutdown of the service on February 29, 2024. There’s a lot that can be said about Bilibili Comics and how they have operated in the past 2, 2.5 years, but the conclusion is the same, whether the criticism is positive or negative, so there’s not much point in discussing all the issues and their, at times questionable…

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