People often think 究竟 (jiūjìng) is a simple word. Isn’t it only used in questions? Not quite.
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Many people have heard of the IChing. It’s a name that evokes mystery, ancient wisdom, and perhaps a bit of superstition.
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More than a thousand years ago, the great poet Li Bai wrote one of the most famous Chinese poems — Quiet Night Thoughts. It is a poem almost every Chinese person grows up knowing, passed down through generations.
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Most people read The Art of War by Sun Tzu as a military book about strategy.
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There is one Chinese idiom that many learners completely misunderstand. Even some native speakers occasionally get it wrong when they take it too literally.
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