ファシストになるより豚のほうがましさ

新垣結衣

First tweet: “I saw a piece of fabric? on the floor of my room so I went to pick it up but it was actually the moonlight that entered through the window lmao”

Since I started having general Chinese classes again and found out my favorite app to review vocabulary - Tofu - had been discontinued, I've been searching for a substitute...

I've been adding the new vocabulary to Anki and trying to use it regularly, but I always find it boring and frustrating... adding a deck for writing practice (I added someone's deck and used the settings for my own cards) helped a bit, but it misses feedback and... idk something else...

A few weeks ago, someone recommended DuoCards. The mascot thing is kinda cute but some might find it annoying, there is no writing feature, and I hit the paywall very quickly and can't add new cards. There are also some short texts and videos (such as Peppa Pig) and AI chats, but also behind the paywall. The person who recommended it loves it and got the paid version, but they're using it to study English...

Now just a few days ago I discovered Laoshi and I really like it so far. The writing feature is pretty good, it's very simple to add new words, the visuals are less boring than Anki, and I haven't hit any paywalls (nor seen any adds) yet.

It even has a "choose the correct tones" feature that's been kicking my ass...

The only downside until now is that I tried the suggested deck when I first opened the app and it had pretty basic stuff despite the fact that I had selected my level as HSK4, so now among the words I added they also occasionally show me 二 and I can't seem to get rid of it lmao

音 - yīn - music, sound, tone 音乐 - yīnyuè - music 话音 - huàyīn - tone, voice 声音 - shēngyīn - sound, noise, voice

意 - yì - thought, idea, opinion 意见 - yìjiàn - view, idea, thought, opinion 意义 - yìyì - meaning, significance

竟 - jìng - finally, at last, after all 竟然 - jìngrán - unexpectedly, surprisingly 竟自 - jìngzì - unexpectedly, to one's surprise

镜 - jìng - mirror glass 镜头 - jìngtóu - camera lens 镜片 - jìngpiàn - lens 镜花水月 - jìnghuāshuǐyuè - flowers in a mirror or moon in the water (a very pretty idiom with the meaning of an illusion)

暗 - àn - dark, secret 暗暗 - ànàn - secretly 暗淡 - àndàn - dim, faint, dark 暗察明坊 - ànchámíngfāng - to investigate and understand a situation using various methods

境 - jìng - boundary, area, region 境界 - jìngjiè - boundary, a state 环境 - huánjìng - environment 入境 - rùjìng - to enter a country 出境 - chūjìng - to exit a country

韵 - yùn - rhyme, vowel 韵律 - yùnlǜ - prosody (the metrical rules such as tone patterns, rhyme, and parallelism used in poetry) 韵文 - yùnwén - a literary genre that arranges sentences according to a specific rhythm (e.g. specific types of poems such as Tang poetry, etc) 韵人韵事 - yùnrényùnshì - a charming man enjoys charming interests (an idiom meaning elegant people doing elegant things basically e.g. drinking tea under a moon, painting or playing instruments.)

谙 - ān - versed in, acquainted with 谙练 - ānliàn - skilled, proficient in something 深谙 - shēnān - to know something very well 深谙世故 - shēnānshìgù - having seen much of life, well-versed in life

韶 - sháo - originally this was name of an ancient musical piece, said to have been created during the time of Emperor Shun. Later, it's meaning changed to mean something beautiful. 韶光 - sháoguāng - beautiful 韶华似水 - sháohuásìshuǐ - time/youth passes like flowing water

黯 - àn - dark, sullen, dreary 黯淡 - àndàn - similar to 暗淡, meaning dark and gloomy 黯然失色 - ànránshīsè - to be cast into the shadows/ to be overlooked 黯黑 - ànhēi - pitch dark

喑 - yīn - mute 喑哑 - yīnyǎ - mute 万马齐喑 - wànmǎqíyīn - 10 thousand horses standing mute (an idiom meaning a situation where no one dares to speak up)

歆 - xīn - to like, admire 歆慕 - xīn mù - to admire something 歆羡 - xīn xiàn - same meaning, also means to admire something