My own Chinese education was defective in that I had assumed that the vast, sparely rugged landscapes of classical Chinese painting were more spiritual lesson than a faithful rendering of place.

我自己的中国学问并不完善，因为我曾以为，中国古典绘画中广袤平坦的风景，比忠实地描绘一个地方的手法更具精神层面的意义。

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At a Taipei primary school, a teacher recently gave a lesson on how Chinese words originated from drawings of what they represented.

台北一所小学的老师最近开了一堂课，讲述汉字如何起源于象形字。

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Here's an example: My Chinese teacher devoted an entire day's lesson to forms of the verb "to carry.

我的汉语老师就花费了一天的时间来给carry这个动词归类。

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Proof of the lesson my Chinese gurus are teaching me: China is fast becoming a consumer economy as well as an export machine.

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Mr. Crispin argues that the lesson of Pudong is how badly Chinese demand was underestimated.

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