a piano teacher asked me which song I was working on. I showed her the notation. she asked me what language it was, I said it was Mandarin Chinese but written in Wade–Giles Pinyin system.she asked what the name the song was, I answered "secret fragrance". "Sha Baoliang's?". She asked. "Jiang Kui's." she said "such an old song. from the Nan (Southern) Song dynasty." indeed. every single winter, I can't help myself from reciting Jiang Kui's "secret fragrance". "I sigh that the road is too long to send a blossom, and the evening snows begins to pile up." she asked me what the musical instrument he played originally for this song. I said "Xiao (flute)". she said "Jiang Kui was really talented. but it's rare for such a young person like you like him so much," I said "you wouldn't understand his song lyrics, if you haven't experienced in unemployed wandering." and she played another score which was rediscovered by Jiang Kui (nishang zhongxu diyi). I especially like the lyrics for this song, which was written when he was almost at his end.

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Centuries ago, the word "leaf" had an additional meaning and that meaning is at the heart of this week's idiom: turn over a new leaf. As we approach the end of another year, perhaps many of you are considering turning over a new leaf yourselves in 2026. Listen to learn more about how to use this helpful phrase! (thanks to MabelAmber at Pixabay for allowing me to use the photo below)

Almost everyone has a credit card for shopping or paying for their bills. Credit is related to personal character. It means that you should pay back the credit cards bills every month. At the very beginning of credit crads becane popular, people definitely paid back credit crads on time. However, as the online shopping rapidly developed, people were attacted by a variety of items online. Their salary was too little to satisfy their desires of shopping. In that case, credit cards was the only solution to figure out the problem. Slowly, people found that they couldn't pay back caedit crad bills on time. They lost their credit. More and more people were in debt, but the companies that you have applied for the credit cards agreed you to pay for bills by installments with interests. You just need to pay a little money for the credit cards every month, all the rest of the debt can be deferred. Of course, your cedit card has a limit, but it's enough to satisfy your disire.