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What is PP&E on balance sheet? And how to say those terms in Chinese?

You’ll find PP&E on a company’s balance sheet as non-current assets, and they are Property, plant, and equipment,which are long-term assets vital to business operations and not easily converted into cash. Accounting and Auditing Requirements in Taiwan follow International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); and Chinese Accounting Standards in mainland China have few differences from IFRS. […]

Beautiful truth?

信言不美,美言不信。“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.” Sounds familiar? “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all / Ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know.”What on earth did Keats mean? and What on earth did Lao Tzu mean?Did they mention the same thing? See the original posts on Facebook, […]

What is love?

What is ‘love’? Let’s not complicate matters and put it in simple terms. What people call “love” is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed.所謂的「愛」只是一種強迫動物去繁殖的化學反應。所谓的「爱」只是一种强迫动物去繁殖的化学反应。 — Rick Alos see the posts on Telegram, Reddit, Twitter, and Facebook.

Self-reflection Frees Ourselves from Habitual Tendencies

習氣 (xí qì ) means habitual tendencies, subtle inclinations that are imprinted in the mind, like a stain. We often don’t pay much attention to it. What is worst, we may even think of all these as “just the way we are”. These tendencies live in a more or less unconscious corner of our mind. […]

Crying at Work Isn’t Unprofessional?

What do you think about crying in the workplace? It can be embarrassing, but it’s also a sign that you care.Yanxi (from Story of Yanxi Palace) didn’t take it in this way. 哭泣有用的話,紫禁城早就被淚水淹沒了。哭泣有用的话,紫禁城早就被泪水淹没了。“If crying works, the Palace will be flooded with tears long ago.” She suggested. Let’s see how did she say on video. The […]

Healthy Aging through Learning a New Language in a Better Way

Learning a new language we can reduce the risks of getting some of the most common age-related symptoms and diseases such as memory loss and Alzheimer’s. Even though individuals are living longer it does not mean that they are living with better health and having their needs met. The disease-state of age-related cognitive decline—Alzheimer’s disease […]

New HSK 3.0 is not the perfect guideline for learning Chinese

“Teaching to the test” is a colloquial term for any method of education whose curriculum is heavily focused on preparing students for a standardized test. Teaching to the test is frequently criticized by academics and educators, while its critics argue that students who are simply taught to the test fail to achieve a lasting and […]

Comprehensible Inputs Facilitate Listening and Speaking skills

Language teacher utilize activities that integrate all four skills because they assume that each reinforces the other, and two of them could be facilitated by inputs. These four skills in the following order: Listening: When people are learning a new language they first hear it spoken. Speaking: Eventually, they try to repeat what they hear. […]

Monty’s Algae: How This Simple Analogy Explains the Core Concepts of ALG (Automatic Language Growth)

ALG, short for automatic language growth, might sound like the informal term for a diverse group of photosynthetic organisms called “algae,” but the two have more in common than you might think. Meanwhile, in the TV series “The 100,” Monty’s algae played various roles throughout the seasons, including breeding people in space, repairing hydrofarms in […]