Stay Focused (淡泊明志) | S4E189 | OWAD Learning Mandarin Chinese

Learn Chinese with One Word A Day
~5 min a day with me to understand how Chinese make meaning with their language. Make foreign familiar. #chinesetutorial, #mandarin

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We all need the anchors (泊) to keep us steady when buffetted by the winds of change, to remind us what's important, to keep us moored to that (淡泊) so to speak. Without cultural and societal anchors, 内卷 leads to 躺平, 摆烂, 糊弄学. There's not one 泊 to be seen anywhere in this group of characters. ⚓⚓⚓😀