Ondrea from New Mexico requested the Chinese translation for “benevolence”…  what a touching request…  *sniff sniff*

…  where essentially the first character means “kindness” and the second character by itself means “virtue.”

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Dan from Georgia requested the Chinese translation for “mother’s day”…  awwwww…  *cough* momma’s boy *cough*…  =P

…  where essentially the first character means “mother,” the second character can mean “dear” (as in “my dear mother”), and the third character means “holiday.”

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Debra from California requested the Chinese translation for “nonresistance” as in “you. must. not. resist. me.”…  *sends mesmerizing waves your way*…  actually, I believe this is one of the 3 aspects of “freedom and enlightened living.”

…  where essentially the first character refers to the “non” in “nonresistance,” the second character insinuates “to fight off,” and the third characters means “to resist.”  Together, the second and third character means “resistance.”

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Linda from Texas requested the Chinese translation for “raven” as in the bird, as in that famous poem by Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”…  which I can still recite by heart, btw…  er, okay not really.

…  where essentially the first character means “big,” the second character means “black,” and the third character means “raven” or “crow.”  So loosely, “big black crow.”

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Emilie from Virginia requested the Chinese translation for “broken-hearted”…  =’(

…  where essentially the first character means “heart” and the second character means “broken.”

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Stephanie from Texas requested the Chinese translation for “oh my!” as in “oh my, what big teeth you have, grandma!”…  er, said Little Red Riding Hood.

…  where essentially the first character insinuates “surprise” by itself, and so does the second character.

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Kim from Arizona requested the Chinese translation for “selflessness” as in having less concern for yourself than for others…  reminds me of Philosophy class days…  ”does selfish selflessness exist?”…  my. brain. hurts.

…  where essentially the first character means “not” and the second character means “selfish.”

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Maria from New York requested the Chinese translation for “life is suffering” as in these existential chickens by Doug Savage below…  haha.

…  where essentially the first character means “life” or “living,” the second character means “to force onto” and the third character means “suffering” or “hardship.”

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McGary from California requested the Chinese translation for “fire rooster” because that’s his complete sign in the Chinese zodiac…  right on.

…  where essentially the first character means “fire,” the second character insinuates “male,” and the third character means “chicken.”  The last two characters together basically translate as “rooster.”

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Kelly from DC requested the Chinese translation for “thinking of you” as in “you’s on my mind, I’m thinking of you”…  =) 

…  where essentially the first character means “to think” or “thinking of” and the second character means “you.”

For a more complete “I’m thinking of you,” simply append one character to the front.

…  where the newly appended first character means “me” or “I” or in this case “I’m.”

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