#chinese

As it was, I realized choosing the study of Chinese literature as my life's work was probably a mistake. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

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So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

The dwarfed trees of the Chinese and Japanese have been noticed by every author who has written upon these countries, and all have attempted to give some description of the method by which the effect is produced. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant. ↗

— Robert Fortune

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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere. ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#always #better #chinese #chinese food #comes

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff. ↗

— Shaun White

#chinese #chinese food #food #i #love

So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out. ↗

— Martin Yan

#cooking #eat #everything #i #i do

U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#china #chinese #comprehensive #experts #gotten

But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#artistic #beauty #bible #chinese #every

To ancient Chinese fancy, the Milky Way was a luminous river, - the River of Heaven, - the Silver Stream. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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