Chinese Characters: Learn & Remember 2,178 Characters and Their Meanings
A systematic, building block-style plan for mastering the most daunting aspect of learning Chinesehow to remember the meaning of more than 2,000 of the most common charactersis provided in this handbook. Beginning with the simplest of strokes, such as those for numbers, scepter, and earth, and progressing to the extremely complex, such as destroy, insert, and mouse, this manual presents a methodology employing memory techniques to associate meanings with the characters’ visual components. A sequence of numbered panels displays each character in two font styles, and a notation in the adjacent margin describes the character’s pinyin pronunciation. Graphics that identify the components or characters from which the featured characters are drawn, and a listing of both the names of these root components, and the panel numbers that cite their location in the book augment the presentation. Beginners will be best served by using this guide in conjunction with the development of language skills, while those who are familiar with the language will find this book to be a comprehensive reference and refresher.
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Fertility Wisdom: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Can Help Overcome Infertility
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At Wu’s Healing Center in San Francisco, miracles are happening. Women and their partners come to the clinic–often from across the country– to fulfill a passionately held yet fragile dream: to conceive and deliver the healthy baby that mainstream doctors have told them they cannot have. Using traditional Chinese medical techniques, sometimes integrated with Western fertility treatments, Dr. Angela Wu is helping these couples experience the miracle of birth.
In this book, Dr. Wu details a proven 6-part self-care regimen that helps create the internal harmony and balance vital to conception. Her techniques not only enhance the results and reduce the side effects of in vitro and other Western fertility treatments, they also shorten labor and speed postpartum recovery. Babies benefit too, adopting regular sleep patterns more quickly and getting sick less frequently.
At a time when one in five U.S. couples is struggling with fertility problems, this practical and uplifting volume, filled with the inspirational stories of Dr. Wu’s grateful patients, will be a godsend.
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Really does put the “ease” into learning Chinese,
Chinese Characters – Learn and Remember 2,178 Characters and Their Meanings lives up to its pledge to put the “ease” into learning Chinese.
This well-organized book presents over 2,000 of the most common characters in a logical and easy to follow sequence based on each character’s visual complexity.
Progressing from the simplest character to the most complex – each is accompanied by a short and memorable phrase or story (and clever puns) to help the student understand and move on to the next character.
The phrases are relevant, witty and make the learning process efficient, effective and most of all, enjoyable.
Be sure to visit their website – [...] – which is full of useful study aids including downloadable flash cards and reading practice drills.
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|I have been looking for a book like that for a long time,
This book is based on the standard-changing, break-through concept. I think that most foreign students of the language would love to know about the composite structure of Chinese characters. Breaking the complex pictorial symbols into meaningful smaller components makes the learning both easier and more enjoyable. However, it is difficult to find such information, except for well-known small set of sample characters, as many Chinese teachers are not familiar with the symbolism of the character particles. It is possible to do a research for the specific characters we are interested in, which is very rewarding, but requires a lot of time.
The author did an exemplary work by explaining the composition of over 2,000 characters. I found majority of explanations very useful and this is one of my favorite books for Chinese language study. However, a lot of stories are relatively arbitrary, with the strained correlation between components. So I would really love to have the edition of this book that has more authoritative and substantial information, based on character history and symbology. Still, I would certainly recommend the present work as the pioneering and very useful contribution to the topic.
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|It’s useful,
The Good:
It arranges characters so as similar characters are bundled together.
Reference available to go back to of previous characters related to the one character you are studying.
The Bad:
The actual Chinese word for the character is practically hidden and in small font.
Many of the small story lines provided to remember the characters are not related at all to Chinese culture.
Some characters are well illustrated and have a simple story.
Other characters, depend on a story for recollection; but the story makes no sense.
The book is a good reference; but, I would not recommend it.
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|Fertility Wisdom,
I have two beautiful children thanks to the fantastic treatment I received at Dr. Wu’s Healing Center. This book will explain how medical treatment at her clinic transformed me from an “infertile woman” as the Western doctors described me, into busy mother of two little boys. The methods Dr. Wu uses often seemed strange to me. I still don’t understand how it all works, but I don’t know exactly how my fax machine works either. I simply know that it does. I am currently involved with my third round – hoping for baby #3. My story is in her book. My book name is Lila and my children are called John and Tanner. If you are struggling with infertility, read this book! Gotta go..crying baby!
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|Good book with unique information,
I’ve purchased and read a large number of infertilty books (over 25): some good, some useless, and some which offer unique enough information to become a part of my small collection. The rest I give away. This one is a real keeper. Good Chinese medicine diet tips (different from western diet tips) plus exercises, abdominal massage tips, success stories, acupuncture benefits, etc. Highy recommended!
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|Fertility Wisdom,
This book is a must-read for anyone planning to become pregnant, whether you’ve had fertility complications or not. In helping readers understand how to better prepare ourselves (in body, mind, and spirit) to “attract new life,” Dr. Wu succeeds in putting us on the path to good physical health in general. Almost everything you learn in this book – for men and women alike – is applicable to life after babies as well! You’ll discover the benefits of eating a diet (recipes included) influenced by Traditional Chinese Medicine. You’ll get meaningful tips on how to harmonize your environment by clearing clutter. You’ll learn exercises and acupressure techniques – all of these specifically to encourage vitality and fertility.
Reading this book was pure pleasure. While her self-references are always strikingly humble, it’s clear from the authoritative tone and ample real-life case examples that this author is an expert in her field.
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