The elegance of the Chinese language never ceases to amaze me. Yesterday, I was browsing through an article, which taught me beautiful Chinese words I never knew of. The "Milky Way" Galaxy, for example, is called "银河“ in Chinese. The first character, ”银", means silver, whereas the second character, "河“, means river. The galaxy is described exactly as it is - a "silver river" coursing through the night sky. One of my goals is to share one Chinese word a day. If you wish to join me in this challenge, comment down below! #beautiful #ChineseisBeautiful #BeautifulChineseDailyChallenge *Image taken from Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Dz5yixbySoI

The elegance of the Chinese language never ceases to amaze me. Yesterday, I was browsing through an article, which taught me beautiful Chinese words I never knew of. The "Milky Way" Galaxy, for example, is called "银河“ in Chinese. The first character, ”银", means silver, whereas the second character, "河“, means river. The galaxy is described exactly as it is - a "silver river" coursing through the night sky. One of my goals is to share one Chinese word a day. If you wish to join me in this challenge, comment down below! #beautiful #ChineseisBeautiful #BeautifulChineseDailyChallenge *Image taken from Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/Dz5yixbySoI