Culture

The decorations and special objects that are unique to one’s family are a key part of holiday traditions. They come to symbolize the magic and heritage of each family and the meaning of the season. Vaillancourt […]

The Chinese idiom “力不從心” (lì bù cóng xīn) means “unable to do as one would wish,” or that one’s ability is not equal to one’s ambition. It came from a story about Ban Chao, which […]

The Chinese idiom “黔驴技穷” (qián lǘ jì qióng) literally means “the donkey has exhausted its tricks” and it is based on a fable included in the book San Jie by Liu Zongyuan(1) who was one […]

By Epoch Times Staff “The benevolent has no enemy” (仁者無敵, pronounced rén zhě wú dí) is a Chinese idiom that originated from Meng Zi (孟子), also known as Mencius, the most well-known successor of Confucian […]

The Chinese idiom 義無返顧 (yì wú fǎn gù) advises people to “do what is right without hesitation.” The idiom originates from a passage in the “Biography of Sima Xiangru” (司馬相如列傳), a chapter in “Shiji” (史記), […]

The Chinese idiom 馬到成功 (Mǎ Dào Chéng Gōng), which literally means attaining success upon arriving on a horse, can be found in literary works of the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1279–1368). However, a related story can […]

智 (zhì) is the Chinese character for wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. The character consists of three components. On the top left, 矢 (shǐ) is the radical/character for an arrow or dart, and also refers to […]

In the 3rd century, China was composed of three warring states: the Wei in the north, the Shu [Han] in the southwest, and the Wu in the south. At one time, the state of Wei […]

Stories about the Three Kingdoms period are so popular that, for hundreds of years, the characters and their legends have been household names and a nostalgic source for life lessons. There are several idiomatic two-part […]

The Chinese idiom 集思廣益 (jí sī guǎng yì), literally “collective wisdom reaps wide benefits,” states that gathering opinions while drawing on all useful ideas is of broad benefit to all. The idiom originated from a […]