Tara from Illinois requested the Chinese translation for “individuality” as in “a graduation ceremony is where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that individuality is the key to success”…  Robert Purvis…  haha.

…  where in this context, the first character can mean “self” and the second character essentially means [...]

Will from Arkansas requested the Chinese translation for “freedom” as in “in America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from”…  Peter Ustinov, British actor… whaddya mean??…  you don’t like Starbuck’s?…  haha…  you mean there are mom and pop coffee shops I can choose from too?  *insert sarcasm*…  lol.

…  where [...]

George from Arizona requested the Chinese translation for “leader” as in “Good leaders handle conflict easily and bad ones are eaten up by it.  You have to remain cool under fire and let criticism roll off you.”…  Donald Trump, CEO of The Trump Organization, as well as producer and host of the popular reality show, [...]

April from Texas (again!) requested the Chinese translation for “flourishing” because that’s the name of her adopted son in Greek…  kewl.

…  where both characters individually mean “flourishing” or “exuberant.”  In Chinese, it’s not uncommon for similar characters to be paired together to derive a final “meaning”…  I suppose it’s kinda like the phrase “in tip [...]

Some miscellaneous statistics (and facts) I was able to dig up on the Chinese language…  and some good reasons why it’s not a bad idea to pick up the language…  shazam!

Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world
More people in the world speak Chinese natively than English and Spanish combined
Chinese Mandarin is one [...]

Jerri from North Carolina requested the Chinese characters for “dragon gate.”  For those of you not familiar, there’s a story / legend that goes along with this.  In short, it has to do with a carp becoming a dragon by successfully jumping through the dragon’s gate.  The dragon’s gate symbolizes the drive and effort needed [...]

April from Texas requested the Chinese translation for “praise” as in “having the critics praise you is like having a [medieval executioner] say you’ve got a pretty neck”…  Eli Wallach, American actor…  lol.

…  where essentially the first character means “to commend” or “to praise” and the second character means “beautiful.”
Want to see these characters embroidered [...]

Kevin from Illinois requested the Chinese characters for “understands Chinese”…  clever one and PROPS for understanding Chinese…  *high fives*

…  where essentially the first character means “Chinese,” the second character means “language,” and the third character means “to understand” or “to be well-versed in.”
Want to see these characters embroidered on a women’sor unisex t-shirt?  Or on a women’s or unisex [...]

Sarah from Illinois requested the Chinese translation for “princess” (the origin of her name) as in “being a princess isn’t all it’s cracked up to be”…  Princess Diana.

…  where the first character is one of those characters that has different meanings depending on context and the second character can mean “leader” or “principal.”
Want to see these [...]

Anna from Illinois requested the Chinese translation for “profound” as in “dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy”…  Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist…  that Sigmund, always coming up with something er, profound.

…  where essentially the first character means “deep” and the second character is another one of those characters that oftentimes makes more [...]