Myths, Legends and Peruvian Stories (Mitos, Leyendas y Cuentos Peruanos)Selections and Notes by José María Arguedas and Francisco Izquierdo RíosCosta – Leyenda (Coast – Myth) 009. The Celebration of the Negros (La Fiesta De Los Negros) Collected at the Port of Callao by Estela Westphalen Milano, a fourth year high school student at “Miguel Grau”…
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Yōu xīn rú fén (憂心如焚 – 忧心如焚)
憂心如焚 (Yōu xīn rú fén)Extremely anxious as if one’s on fire; extremely worried; burning with anxiety From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=1428 “Anxiously worried as if one’s on fire (憂心如焚)” was originally written slightly differently as 憂心如惔, with 焚 (fén) and 惔 (tán) having similar meanings (e.g. to burn). It came from the Classic of Poetry – Lesser Court…
008. The Lanterns
Myths, Legends and Peruvian Stories (Mitos, Leyendas y Cuentos Peruanos)Selections and Notes by José María Arguedas and Francisco Izquierdo RíosCosta – Leyenda (Coast – Myth) 008. The Lanterns (Las Linternas) Collected in Guadalupe, District of the Province of Pacasmayo, Department of La Libertad, by Edda Horna C., a third-year high school student at the “Miguel…