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Tag Archives: 韓詩外伝
Not a photographic memory, but a typeset one
博覧強記 haku.ran.kyou.ki Literally: acclaimed – see – strong – scribe Alternately: Widely-read and remembering much. Having a vast supply of knowledge, thanks to extensive study and good recall. Notes: This compound comes to us from the Han shi waizhuan (韓詩外伝, … Continue reading
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Tagged education, 韓詩外伝, Han shi waizhuan, memory, radioactive books, reading, 博覧, 強記, 彊記
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Yoko ni nattara?
蟷螂の斧 (Tourou no ono; “The mantis’ axe”) Definition: The weak standing up to the strong, often with the implication that they didn’t really think through how great the difference in strength would be. A praying mantis that senses threat will … Continue reading
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Tagged 隆車に向かう, 螳螂, 韓詩外伝, 蟷螂, Han shi waizhuan, impossible odds, mantis, 斧
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Billennium?
起きて半畳寝て一畳 (Okite hanjou nete ichijou; “Half a tatami awake, one tatami asleep”) Definition: People should be satisfied when they have enough to live on, instead of hungering for unnecessary wealth and rank. There’s no point in chasing unreasonable levels of … Continue reading
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Tagged 畳, 韓詩外伝, 起きて半畳, Hanshi Waizhuan, satisfaction, tatami
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