Description
Charlie Hoffs picked up a book on Chinese characters when she was ten and never looked back. By sixteen she was fluent, had been on Chinese TV, and had chosen her own Chinese name. One of the three characters she picked was 明 (míng), the same one inside today's phrase. 我明白 (我明白, wǒ míng bái): I got it. 明 is brightness, 白 is white. When something becomes bright and clear, you understand. Add 不 and 不明白 (bù míng bái) is I don't understand. One character. Everything flips.
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