Cobie
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Yes. Number 8 of the Chinese zodiac is çŸ yang2 - caprinae.
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绔 simplified 綿 traditional (adjective) soft
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The new one eats the old one. Yikes.
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Thereâs a mix up of English and Chinese meanings.
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@Mango Nice talking to you.
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Thatâs never going to happen.
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(possibly contrary to some) I was being polite!
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I think the onus was on you to have also provided the characters.
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Hmm ⊠The English âSemi-Taoistâ clearly does not mean éćŸ . I presume this applies then: âSometimes it has a slightly derogatory meaning, referring to the name alone, without seeking further explanation.â
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I donât! Itâs classical, so âmeansâ whatever âthe powers that beâ decide it means. I will ask my friend what the âstate of the artâ is: https://dict-idioms-moe-edu-tw.translate.goog/idiomView.jsp?ID=1178&webMd=1&la=0&_x_tr_sl=zh-TW&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc.
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Better to also give the characters then.
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@Mango I Googled âSemi-Taoistâ and got no results. It does not seem to be a term much used in English?
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Thanks. éćŸ makes perfect sense.
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Thanks for the info, interesting. What are the Chinese characters for âtrue Taoistâ and âSemi-Taoistâ?
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@Mango (wordplay aside) serous question - what do you mean with Semi-Taoist?
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Not interested.
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Exactly. I too became worried that being out of my body would leave me rather defenceless.
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âWhereâ did not matter to me. I wanted it to show that âIâ will not die when my body dies.
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Exactly. I wasted so much time on crappy teachers and teachings in my life.
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I think this goes not just for a âteacherâ, but also for a âteaching from a bookâ.
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âThose who can learn, can learn from anything; and those who canât learn, canât learn from anything.â
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Is there an immortal being at the top of every lineage?
Cobie replied to Takingcharge's topic in General Discussion
âAbsence of evidence, is not evidence of absence.â -
@Mango whatâs a âSemi-Taoistâ?
