Jim Jones (鍾傑穆)

Chinese to English Translation, Editing, and Writing. Mandarin, Spanish, and English Tutoring. Corporate training too. Cartoons, art too.

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#Learn_Chinese Characters with the component 戈：
🧩gē 戈 dagger-axe ……
+{十廾口㇆厂手扌刂又亻占}
={戎戒或成戚我找划戏伐战}
干戈 war; 戎装 martial attire; 戒烟 give up smoking; 或者 or; 成功 success; 亲戚 kinsfolk; 我们 we; 找 look for; 划分 divide; 游戏 game; 伐木 felling……

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This square poem by Lewis Carroll can be read horizontally or vertically; both readings produce the same text

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A neat identity for 2746

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The time period of a pendulum with infinite length is 84.6 minutes.

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This is the largest left-truncatable prime: you always get a prime regardless of how many leading digits are omitted.

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A simple visual proof that

sin2x = 2sinxcosx
cos2x = cos²x−sin²x

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Read the paper here: https://t.co/TyYYrtfs4u

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This week’s paper 📝: The Surprisingly Powerful Influence of Drawing on Memory.

Taking just a few seconds to draw out information boosts memory compared to just writing or visualizing it. It's so powerful it even works for patients with dementia.

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Drawn tl help learners recognize the Mandarin Chinese for 1 to 10:

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居安思危 (jū ān sī wēi)"In comfort, think of danger."

— maintaining vigilance during good times, not just about preparing.

Learners who are developing tonal skill: some Chengyu are very useful in this regard. This idiom: all first tones. A great exercise.

#tones_are_crucial

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François Viète was the first person to uncover an infinite product formula for π in the 16th century. The formula involves just a single number: 2