Category Archives: Vocabularies

偷工减料, 技术债务 =（Technical debt)

Posted on May 7, 2024 by timlyg

偷工减料, 技术债务 =（Technical debt), material debt? => Technical and material debt. some tries to distinguish this from Cruft (badly designed), so that technical debt can be view in a positive manner while the negative one is called cruft.

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Vocabulary: 职场鏖战

Posted on March 8, 2024 by timlyg

Struggling hard in the job fields.

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Vocabulary: 滴水之恩，当以涌泉相报

Posted on March 8, 2024 by timlyg

Of course, the Bible has superior quotes in the theme of love your enemies: Matthew 5:44, Romans 12:20, 1 Peter 3:9 滴水之恩，当以涌泉相报 Returning favor in multiple folds. Source of this learning:

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Journal of the Week

Posted on February 15, 2024 by timlyg

2/28/2024 I asked about quality Xun 埙 (ancient chinese ocarina) before on youtube a while back. The one I have from Ebay back in 2019 was $6 (8-hole clay) after watching 鹿晗's series: 择天记. I believe it was out of … Continue reading →

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Vocabulary: Voluminous, Credence, Proviso

Posted on February 6, 2024 by timlyg

Thanks to extensions on Chrome, I can easily double click on a word in say, the email newsletters from Classical Archives on Tchaikovsky to learn words I either don't know or don't know how to pronounce. Voluminous: large volume Credence: … Continue reading →

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Vocabulary: 学院助学金(Fellowship)、奖学金(Scholarship) 

Posted on December 9, 2023 by timlyg

My Chinese LECC Bible study today spoke of fellowship from someone's prayer request. We all got tongue-tied for the the Chinese translation of it. Some mentioned 奖学金, but that's confusing with scholarship, some say 进修, but that's just research or … Continue reading →

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Chinese Vocabulary: 藉景抒情

Posted on December 2, 2023 by timlyg

...書中外星人的境遇，被認為是作者自況，藉景抒情。

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Vocab: 桀骜不驯

Posted on October 14, 2023 by timlyg

桀骜不驯是一个汉语成语，读音为jié ào bù xùn，比喻傲慢，性情暴躁不驯顺，不服管教。 出自东汉班固的《汉书·匈奴传》

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Learning Spanish Language

Posted on July 27, 2023 by timlyg

Beginning with Alfabeto: Films used to learn Spanish (mostly from Spain): La Catedral Del Mar / Cathedral of the Sea (2018) Los herederos de la tierra / Heirs to the Land (2022), sequel of Cathedral of the Sea.

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Learning Russian Language

Posted on July 3, 2023 by timlyg

Starts from alphabet: Keyboard layout: Films used for learning Russian: Better Than Us / Лучше, чем люди (2018) on Netflix The Silver Skates / Сере́бряные коньки́ (2021) on Netflix Major Grom: Plague Doctor / Майор Гром: Чумной Доктор (2021) on … Continue reading →

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