ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
شاو-لان: شرح الابراج الصينية
ShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West. Full bio
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by your Chinese friend,
of asking your age.
طريقة مهذبة لمعرفة عمرك.
you are also being evaluated.
about your fortune or misfortune,
partner's animal signs,
about your private life.
في خيالهم عن حياتك الخاصة.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
الابراج الاغريقية-الرومانية،
مسماة باسماء حيوانات
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
a very complicated theoretical framework
and the 12 zodiac animals.
وابراج الحيوانات الاثني عشر.
people's major decisions,
على قرارات الناس الكبيرة،
and attitude towards each other.
والسلوك مع الاخرين.
are quite amazing.
get on better than the others.
تحقق نجاحا افضل من الاخريات.
to give birth to babies,
سنة بعينها لإنجاب الاطفال.
by the right combination of animals
والجمع الموفق بين الابراج
when entering into romantic relations.
عند الدخول في العلاقة العاطفية.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
يكون اما النمر، المعزة أوالارنب.
are natural enemies.
تشكل اعداء طبيعيين.
to be careful with a Snake.
are luckier than the others,
محظوظة اكثر من غيرها،
for power, strength and wealth.
للسلطة، والقوة، والثروة.
to have a Dragon baby.
must have been very proud.
Hong Kong and Taiwan
one million more babies.
preference to baby boys,
was 120 to 100.
competition in love and job markets.
في مجال الحب والعمل.
government's press release,
of Cesarean sections.
اعلى معدل للعمليات القيصرية.
for the Year of the Horse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
الصينية تناقصا في معدل المواليد
zodiac in reverse,
will face much less competition.
top 300 richest people in the world,
لأغني 300 شخص في العالم،
the Goat and Tiger,
هما النمر والعنزة،
to have less competition.
their investment decisions
of the zodiac sign
in making major decisions
في تقرير الامور المصيرية
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
بصراع البقاء ضد الفقر، والجفاف،
have the time, wealth and technology
الثروة والتكنولوجيا
they've always wanted.
made by 1.3 billion people
and demand on everything,
والطلب على كل شيء،
to property and consumer goods.
الى الاصول و السلع الاستهلاكية.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
والجغرافيا السياسية العالمية،
and other Chinese traditions
الأبراج والتقاليد الصينية الأخرى
around the world.
creative and mischievous.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
ShaoLan Hsueh - Technologist, entrepreneurShaoLan want to help people understand China's culture and language, and to bridge the gap between East and West.
Why you should listen
ShaoLan is an entrepreneur, angel investor, geek, writer, traveller and dreamer. She is the founder and creator of Chineasy, which she launched after her TED Talk in Long Beach, California in 2013.
In just over three years, she has built Chineasy into one of the most popular methods of learning Chinese across the Internet with several hundred thousand fellow learners. Her first book, Chineasy, The New Way to Read Chinese, was launched in March 2014 and has been translated into 18 languages. Her next book, Chineasy Everyday, was launched in March 2016.
ShaoLan is a tech entrepreneur with extensive business experience. At the age of 22, while studying for her MBA, she wrote four best-selling books on software in Taiwan, and her books were bundled by Microsoft. She co-founded pAsia, one of the major players on Internet in Asia in 1990’s. After a second masters degree at the University of Cambridge, she began Caravel Capital in 2005 to advise young tech companies.
Chineasy represents a return for ShaoLan to her artistic upbringing and in many ways a design project. This project is the culmination of her life’s journey through the East and West. Her aim is to help people to understand China, Chinese culture, its language and to bridge the gap between East and West. Her next step is to help Chinese children to enjoy and appreciate the beauty of their own language.
ShaoLan Hsueh | Speaker | TED.com