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Episode 134: can, happy

Jan 26, 2011

可、喜 (can, happy)

Ancius introduces the Chinese characters for “can”, and “happy”.

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[2011/01/24] Episode 122: Direction, Talent
[2011/01/24] Episode 121: To be at
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[2011/01/13] Episode 119: benevolence, justice
[2011/01/12] Episode 118: morality, virtue
[2011/01/12] Episode 117: or, this
[2011/01/12] Episode 116: to buy, to sell
[2011/01/09] Episode 115 : to listen, to speak, to read, to write
[2011/01/09] Episode 114 : ancient, book
[2011/01/09] Episode 113 : to study, to practice
[2011/01/09] Episode 112 : love, home
[2011/01/09] Episode 111 : beautiful, dream
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[2010/12/31] Episode 106 : Monkey Or Rooster
[2010/12/31] Episode 105 : Horse Or Sheep
[2010/12/31] Episode 104 : Dragon Or Snake
[2010/12/31] Episode 103 : Tiger Or Rabbit
[2010/12/31] Episode 102 : Ox
[2010/12/31] Episode 101 : Rat
[2010/12/31] Episode 100 : Chinese Or Character
[2010/12/31] Episode 99 : Yellow Or Blue
[2010/12/31] Episode 98 : Red Or Green
[2010/12/31] Episode 97 : Black Or White
[2010/12/31] Episode 96 : Long Or Short
[2010/12/31] Episode 95 : Early Or Late
[2010/12/31] Episode 94 : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
[2010/12/31] Episode 93 : Front Or Back
[2010/12/31] Episode 92 : High Or Low
[2010/12/31] Episode 91 : Light Or Heavy
[2010/12/31] Episode 90 : Inside Or Outside
[2010/12/17] Episode 89 : Correct Or Good
[2010/12/17] Episode 88 : Field Or Rain
[2010/12/17] Episode 87 : Energy
[2010/12/17] Episode 86 : Fish
[2010/12/17] Episode 85 : Several
[2010/12/17] Episode 84 : Celebrity Chinese Character Tattoos
[2010/12/17] Episode 83 : To Be Or Not
[2010/12/17] Episode 82 : To Live Or To Die
[2010/12/17] Episode 81 : Heaven Or Earth
[2010/12/17] Episode 80 : Son
[2010/12/03] Episode 79 : Child
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[2010/12/03] Episode 74 : Associative Compound Characters
[2010/12/03] Episode 73 : Explanatory Characters
[2010/12/03] Episode 72 : Pictographic Characters
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[2010/12/03] Episode 70 : This And That
[2010/12/03] Episode 69 : You And Me
[2010/12/03] Episode 68 :To Have And To Not Have
[2010/12/03] Episode 67 :To Go And To Come
[2010/12/03] Episode 66 :Left, Right
[2010/12/03] Episode 65 :Up And Down
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[2010/11/05] Episode 42: Dog
[2010/11/05] Episode 41: Literature
[2010/11/04] Episode 40: Door
[2010/11/04] Episode 39: Treasure
[2010/11/04] Episode 38: Broad
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[2010/11/04] Episode 34: To Eat
[2010/11/04] Episode 33: Car
[2010/11/04] Episode 32: To Go
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[2010/11/04] Episode 30: Heart
[2010/11/04] Episode 29: Tongue
[2010/11/04] Episode 28: Tooth
[2010/11/04] Episode 27: Hand
[2010/11/04] Episode 26: Ear
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