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截屏2026-06-05 下午8.09.22

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Chinese Characters

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 摇

A character for when you need to shake things up

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Jan. 21, 2020

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 养

A character to care for and cherish

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 19, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 闹

Live a little with this noisy character

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

July 21, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 装

A character to dress up any occasion

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

June 2, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 根

The character that gets back to basics

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Feb. 17, 2019

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 阳

A character to brighten up your day—or night

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)

Dec. 8, 2018

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 治

Illness is often seen as a disease of disorder in the Chinese language, requiring firm “treatment”

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)

June 24, 2018

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 鲜

A character that stays fresh through the ages

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)

April 24, 2018

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 观

Here’s a character that’s worth keeping an eye on

Liu Jue (刘珏)

March 6, 2018

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 信

The importance of credibility has to be seen to be believed

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)

Feb. 3, 2018

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 闲

Start the holidays with the Chinese character for leisure

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)

Dec. 23, 2017

CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 棋

Think like a Go player!

Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉)& Liu Jue (刘珏)

Oct. 2, 2017

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