What is filial piety?

filial piety: (noun) in Confucian thought, one of the virtues to be cultivated, a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors
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What does this concept mean to you, in your life?
This concept means a lot to me because I believe that I should respect those who are older than I am. I think that respect to elders is important because they have lived longer and have done more, which makes them at a higher "level" than I am. In my life, I practice it daily and believe that everyone should respect their elders.

The Good Earth

Chapter one-
1. They are really poor.
2. I feel sorry for the women that is marring him.
3. This marriage is unnormal.
4. I guess the wife is not good looking.
5. Husband should help the wife too.

1. Why don't they do a marriage ceremony?
2. How do they choose their wifes?

Chapter two-
1. Easy life for him.
2. Good start for their new life style.
3. She is a slave...
4. BABY!
5. Now, his dad is happy.

1. Why doesn't the wife complain about the works?
2. When will O-lan speak out?

Conflicts between children and parents

Conflicts:
Parents checking childrens stuffs without permission. - PRIVACY
Parents asking lots of question to children. - ANNOYING
Parents taking childrens belongings without permission. - ASK FIRST
Parents throwing away childrens things without permission. - WHAT IF THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR CHILDREN
Parents cleaning up childrens desk without permission. - CHILDREN PUT THINGS WHERE THEY'LL KNOW THEY PUT THEM THERE.

My Name

The Japanese character(怜) for my name means "intelligent", which really doesn't link to me...but, I still like it. It's simple and easy to memorize, and not that many people have this name in Japan. So I do feel special about it.
If I had to change my name, I would change it to Yui. Same with Rei, it's simple and easy to memorize. It's not a common name either, and there's two combinations of character for Yui which is 結衣 and 優衣. The first one means "form" (like for forming a relationship) and the second one means "kind". Both of their meanings are great! Hard to choose...

chocanilla

chocanilla: (noun)
chocanilla
a favor of chocolate and vanilla mixed.





sentence: Can I have a chocanilla icecream.

spoonerism

spoonerism:(noun)

spoonerisms

a mistake in which you change around the first sounds of two words by mistake when saying tehm, often with a humorous result, for example well-boiled icicle for well-oiled bicycle.

sentence: It makes me laugh when I see those spoonerism in some writings.

simile

simile:(noun)

similes
a word or phrase that compares something to something else, using the words like or as, for example a face like a mask or as white as snow; the use of such words and phrases.

sentence: simile is one of the technical method for writing essays.

portmanteau word

portmanteau word: (noun)

portmanteau words

a word that is invented by combing the beginning of one word and the end of another and keeping the meaning of each. For example motel is a portmanteau word that is a combination of motor and hotel.

sentence: Podcasting is one the portmanteau word.

palindrome

palindrome: (noun)

palindroms
a word or phrase that reads the same backwards as forwards, for example
madam or nurses run.

sentence: I often never see those palindrome in the books that I read.

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia: (noun)

onomatopoeias
the fact of words containing sounds similar to the noises they describe, for example hiss;
the use of words like this in a piece of writing.

sentence: Bang! POP! smash! booom! all these are onomatopoeia.

Malapropism

Malapropism: (noun)

malapropisms
an amusing mistake somebody makes when they use a word which sounds similar to the word they wanted to use, but means something different.

sentence: Watch out with the malapropism! People might think you're weird!

Colloquial

Colloquial: (adj)

colloquially
used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing.

sentence: I see lots of colloquial in comics.

Coinage

Coinage: (noun)

coinages
the coins used in a particular place or at a particular time a word or phrase that has been invented recently.

sentence: The coinage in europe looks more rich than taiwans.

Affix

Affix:(noun)

affixs

a leeter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning.
The prefix un-happy and the suffix-less in careless are both affixes.

sentence: Affix can be used for several adjectives to change its original meaning.

Acronym

Acronym: (noun)

acronyms

a word formed from the first letters of the words that make up the name of something,
for example "AIDS" is an acronym for "aquired immune deficiency syndrome".

sentence: Acronyms saves a lot of time during writing essays.

volleyball

Volleyball, the coolest sport ever!
I started playing volleyball for fun from 4th grade and started seriously in 7th grade.