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Author Topic: "Thanksgiving Day" and turkey  (Read 6246 times)

Andy Woo

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"Thanksgiving Day" and turkey
« on: November 24, 2011, 01:16:19 pm »

Qīn'ài de péngyou men,
Dear friends,

míngtiān shì Gǎn'ēnjié,
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day ,

zhù dàjiā Gǎnēnjié kuàilè!
May everyone happy Thanksgiving!

Chinese is a logical language,especiall in its word-coinning.Literally, "Gǎn" is "to thank","ēn" is "the kindness(of God)","jié" is festival. So it is a festival that we need to be thankful for the kindness of God in Chinese language.

Turkey is "huǒjī" in Chinese."huǒ" means "fire", "jī" is "chicken", so it is "fire chicken". I don't know why.Please feel free to give your comments and opinions.






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