“如果我告诉你我的梦，也许你会遗忘它；如果我让你进入我的梦，那也会成为你的梦。” If I tell you my dream, maybe you will forget it; if I let you into my dream, it will also become your dream.
"書不盡言 言不盡意" Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.
"百学须先立志" All learning first needs determination
"No language is studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself."
"You can never understand one language until you understand at least two."
We must learn about other cultures in order to understand, in order to love, and in order to preserve our common world heritage
The more languages you have, the more worlds you belong to.
Brainwashing It is actually a literal translation of the word 洗腦 (xǐ nǎo). During the Korean War, it referred to the practice of coercion and mind control. The word took off in the U.S. soon after.
Ketchup The word may come from the Cantonese word 茄汁 (qié zhī), which means “tomato sauce.”
Chin-chin This drinking toast stems from the word 請 (qǐng), which means “please.”
Typhoon “Typhoon” likely comes from the word 颱風 (tái fēng).
(from FluentU)
Long time no see This is a literal translation of 好久不见 (hǎojiǔ bújiàn).