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Chinese is a very interesting language in which most words are two characters long, and characters work like Lego blocks. A character can be used in many words. For me, memorizing verbs from a list is boring. Chinese has a structure that can be represented in an aesthetically pleasing way: networks. For this reason, I built a Streamlit app that helps you explore common two-character Mandarin verbs through: Character networks (which characters combine with which), Semantic maps (UMAP projections of verb embeddings), Tone-pattern analysis (tone flows, tone networks, minimal contrasts), and teaching tools (coverage optimization + deck/curriculum builders). Try the app here: (https://explore-chinese.streamlit.app/) ...

Love is delicious like fear—fear of the jinn who hide in mountain bends on a rural night. A fear that tickles you and pulls you away from the monotony of the known, making you want to stay on its edges and weave dreams from there. But you grew up a little and dared a lot against the jinn’s myths and your grandmother’s warnings. You went to their mountainous death in the midst of the night, and you didn’t see the jinn. You became brave and dry from dreams. ...