Monday, 16 September 2013

零壹 Voodo kungfu: 此岸 Temporal side - lyrics and translation

Maybe someone of you has already heard of the Chinese band "Vodoo Kungfu"? 




   They are also known as "Zero One", from their Chinese name 零壹  Líng yī (where "ling" means "zero" and "yi" means "one", written in

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Chinese idioms 5: imaginary fears

Hi everyone! Back from summer break, I am going to present some four-characters Chinese idioms  (chengyu) that express in a metaphorical way the concept of imaginary fear.

  The first one is 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng.

    This chengyu refers to the episode of the Han Dynasty (30 - 220 AD) where the shape of a bow hung on the wall, which is reflected in a cup, is mistaken for