Word: proverbs
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...mind, though sometimes to the point of numbness. In case you didn't notice, Big Breasts' women are strong, its men?and the society they run?are, like Jintong, "useless, worse than useless." That would be a subversive message in China if it weren't for a familiar proverb favored by Mao Zedong: "Women hold up half the sky." With Mo Yan and his sprawling, energetic novel pleading their case, they may finally get some credit...
...deserving recipients. Eventually, he settles on two very different prot?g?s: a rising young tennis player and a boy prostitute who was the favorite of Caracera's late, outcast gay uncle. As the narrative proceeds, Caracera's good intentions pave a road to precisely the place they inevitably lead in proverb...
...Sometimes you can get through that and be the strength for [others who have suffered hardship], and then other times there's no gauging it. Everybody who's been through it will tell you exactly the same thing. This is not unique to us. There's a great Chinese proverb about a woman who loses her son. She goes to the priest and says, "You have to do something about this. You can't let this be." The priest says, "I can help you. You have to go to a house and get mustard seed, but you have...
According to Japan's spring 2004 Directory of Parliament Officials, Representative Katsuya Okada's personal motto is Tai ki ban sei, a classic Japanese proverb that means "Great talents mature late." But considering that the new president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has rocketed from relative obscurity to what could be the golden era of his political career-all at the comparatively tender age of 52-he may want to revise that motto before the next guide is printed. With the DPJ's strong showing in the recent Upper House parliamentary election, Okada has cemented his position...
...Chinese proverb says that wine should be taken in small doses, knowledge in large ones. Rome's International Wine Academy, overlooking the Spanish Steps, affords an opportunity for both. Italian winemaking has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, and the academy reveals its secrets to students. Comprehensive courses on wines from around the world and food-wine pairing are among the events and seminars offered to people who live in Rome. For visitors, there are half-day intensive courses followed by lunch or dinner; one-day winery tours in Lazio, Umbria or Tuscany; and delightful guided wine tastings every weekday...