Poetry

Background/Author’s note: “Chengyu” are typically four character Chinese proverbs that have stories tied to them. I grew up learning and memorizing them during Saturday Chinese school classes, and always loved how each character contributed to the meaning of the whole. This one, Song Bai Hou Diao, is roughly translated into the pine and the cypress …

松柏后凋 The pine and the cypress are the last to wither Read More »