... since there are no spaces between words and there is no clear distinction between "word" and "common phrase". Also, common paper dictionaries aren't good for technical terms. So it's easy to get ... "each dictionary maker uses his own order". You need to be sufficiently skilled in the art of calligraphy to know how a glyph is written. And sometimes you'll encounter one that isn't...

...energetic city is questioning the materialism that made it one of the richest cities in Asia. A new phrase -- "collective memory" -- has emerged as a rallying cry for a young generation of activists who have rediscovered ...remain. "To give up is easy -- to forget is hard," says a line of Chinese calligraphy on the sidewalk. But now the site is dominated by cranes and pile drivers on barges as ...

.... "I'm an overseer, that means my job is to see. Now how can I see over you guys when I'm down there in the muck with you?" Komatsu said. It wasn't just a clever phrase: this area of the yard was covered with mud. Komatsu suspected that's why the headmaster had assigned his group there. Komatsu suddenly stiffened his pose. "Look alive and decent chaps, a member of the fairer sex ...