025. The Thief’s Bride (La Novia Del Ladrón) There was a rich man who had three beloved daughters. The rich man and his wife had to be away for some time to attend to matters concerning some land that they owned in a nearby valley, and they decided to leave the house in the care…
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Hòu shēng kě wèi (後生可畏 – 後生可畏)
後生可畏 (Hòu shēng kě wèi) (1) the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) (2) the younger generations will surpass us in time (3) the younger generations are formidable From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=467 Kongzi (Confucius) was a sage who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. When his advice was heeded in the State…
024. The Forbidden Room
024. The Forbidden Room (El Cuarto Prohibido) There was a woodcutter who had three very beautiful daughters. The woodcutter [himself] was a poor man and lived from hand to mouth. Every day he would go to the mountain to cut wood and, on one of those days, he was chopping a tree with his axe…
Hòu qǐ zhī xiù (後起之秀 – 後起之秀)
後起之秀 (Hòu qǐ zhī xiù) (1) an up-and-coming youngster (2) new talent (3) a brilliant younger generation From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=878 From “Book of Jin – Volume Seventy Five – Biography of Wang Zhan (王湛)”. Wang Chen (王忱) was a talented man from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, where even at a young age he had already possessed…
SUP – 2022/11/06 – Big Break Regional Shoreline
Although I usually paddle on Saturdays, I had to wait until today to be out on the water as it was raining a good deal yesterday. This was the second rainy day within the span of a week or so, which is always good news for the forever dry SF Bay Area. I traveled to…
023. The Black Kid Goat
023. The Black Kid Goat (El Cabrito Negro) [Note: A “kid” in this context is a young goat under a year of age.] A young man had been courting a young woman for some time, and had finally given her his words for marriage. The young man thought that the words of marriage would be…
Hòu lái jū shàng (後來居上 – 後来居上)
後來居上 (Hòu lái jū shàng) (1) lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation (2) the pupil surpasses the master Story: Ji An was a man living in Emperor Wu of Western Han‘s time period, who was respected by everyone for his integrity, righteousness, and courage to speak the truth. He…
SUP – 2022/10/29 – Petaluma River
I chose this date to paddle the Petaluma River for the first time in my life as there was a Halloween event to be held on the river later in the day. It, together with a similar Witch Paddle in Half Moon Bay, were widely advertised on the Facebook SUP page that I frequently visited…
022. The Dwarf
022. The Dwarf (El Enano) Once upon a time there was a student who was courting a very beautiful girl, but the girl’s parents opposed their relationship because the student was poor. So life became increasingly difficult for the both of them and one day, [when] talking about their problems, the girl decided to secretly…
Hàn liú jiā bèi (汗流浹背 – 汗流浹背)
汗流浹背 (Hàn liú jiā bèi) (1) to sweat profusely (idiom) (2) drenched in sweat [This story] Originates from the “Book of Han – Yang Chang (楊敞)’s Biography”: He was greatly terrified, not knowing what to say; only his back was soaked in sweats, that is all. Explanation for “浹”: soaking wet, sweating a lot, soaked…