What Is "Connection"? In Chinese, when we say we have "yuan/yuan fen", it means we have some kind of connection in this world. For example, the connection between parents and children, lovers and friends. "Yuan" seems to be a magical and mysterious thing, because it cannot be explained by science or even calculated. There are thousands of people out there in this world, how come two different people appear in the same place, at the same time and have the chance to know each other? Buddha once said, "Five hundred times in our prelife, I laid my eyes on you, hence a casual encounter with you this life." The connection between us is rare and precious. However, it doesn't seem like all the connections are positve or long-lasting. We may get hurt also. Some people don't believe in "yuan" while others do. I didn't believe in that, either. But I have to admit its existence. What's interesting is that these days I kept encountering the same person on campus. We showed up at different locations, like pavements, shops, library,etc, at different periods of the day. And somehow I got to know him on the net. It's strange but amazing. And I start to think of the "connection". Is it destiny or just a seris of coincidences?

Does it make sense? "Don't occupy seats like a savage" Occupying seats is a common phenomenon in college nowadays. It's understandable that some people would get up early and go to the classroom to occupy a seat with a good view for valuable courses. However, many people would also occupy extra seats or just leave a note with bad words on it which threaten people not to take it down. So I want to choose this as my speech topic, so does this sentence make sense? "Don't occupy seats like a savage". Thanks !!

Girl in the mirror Karkat Vantas once said, ”Past me is always so terrible, even when I literally just finished being him.” Every time I look at the mirror, it reminds me of the past. So today, I’m going to share the stories of the girl in the mirror with you---how she became spoiled, arrogant and mature. At first, a little girl appeared in the mirror. She’s tiny and skinny. Her face was pale, and her voice’s weak. She whispered to me that in the school, her teachers and friends treated her like a fragile doll; At home, she’s the apple of everyone’s eyes. Because of her adorable appearance, she could get whatever she wanted, she felt like a princess, who deserved all people’s love and care. But I thought she was just spoiled. Later, the little girl disappeared and there came a teenage girl in the mirror. She wore a heavy make-up and got drunk. She shouted at me that she was running away from home because it was party time. Never did she stop hurting her close friends and her family with her mean words. Because of her sharp tongue, she always blamed others and felt good about herself, she felt like a queen, who conquered the whole world as a supreme leader. But I thought she was so arrogant. Finally, the teenage girl’s gone, too, leaving another girl in the mirror. This girl looked exactly like me. She told me that she realized her faults and regretted what she had done to the people around her. I thought she was more mature and responsible. I knew she cared and wanted to turn a new page of her life. Why? Because I’ve been that girl in the mirror all the time. No matter the spoiled one, the arrogant or the mature one, they all lived in my past. As we know, no one is born perfect. However terrible the past me was, I would accept it without any regrets. And I hope you would do the same thing for yourselves whenever you look at the girl in the mirror.

How to translate"跑龙套“," 马后炮”，“无风不起浪”，“自投罗网”，“红光满面” into English? Help me translate these Chinese idioms into English. Thanks! 跑龙套 马后炮 无风不起浪 自投罗网 红光满面

My feelings about learning English Since primary school, we've been learning English as Chinese. We were taught alphabet, words, phrases and sentences. Some loved learning it while others don't. My affection to it came from my first English teacher. As an English representative, I made good friends with her and she also treated me well. The impression about her was so deep that I insisted learning English heart and soul. I thought I was good at English just because I got a good mark on my paper. Not until the day I went to college did I realize that there was still a long way to be an expert. When I took the oral English course, I felt like my tongue was twisted. In the writing course, I was awkward when the teacher came up and looked at my badly organized essay. What hurt me most was that I have no idea how to make things better. Even I have tried, I couldn't tell whether it was improved or not. That's really frustrating but I have no time to make a difference since I'm likely to change my major next semester.