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Linda Jaivin's avatar

You're back!!!!

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

每逢佳節倍思親 <3

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Anguche's avatar

Oh, I love this!

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

Zhang is such a pleasure to read — the best writer of xiaopin I know of. It’s kind of wild that there isn’t a full translation of Tao’an mengyi already.

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Phil H's avatar

This is so real. Where I jog, there are two karaoke blasters right next to each other by the side of the bay. A northern (Mandarin) and southern (Minnanhua) farrago is often heard.

It rarely silences the insects, and I’ve never been entranced by the last singer at 2am, but I assume that’s because of the lack of rakehells.

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Brendan O'Kane's avatar

sounds like someone could use some roustabouts, rapscallions, &c.!

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Debbie Liu's avatar

Brendan! What a treat to wake up to Zhang Dai!! 😊

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