ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
שאולן שו: גלגל המזלות הסיני
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.
לשאול מה הגיל שלכם.
you are also being evaluated.
about your fortune or misfortune,
partner's animal signs,
את סימני החיות שלכם ושל שותפיכם,
about your private life.
על החיים הפרטיים שלכם.
in the Chinese zodiac.
is influenced by it,
of Greco-Roman zodiac,
על גלגל המזלות היווני רומי,
with constellations.
in 1975, you are a Rabbit.
a very complicated theoretical framework
תשתית תאורטית מורכבת מאוד
and the 12 zodiac animals.
חמשת האלמנטים ו 12 חיות גלגל המזלות.
people's major decisions,
על החלטות מרכזיות של אנשים,
and attitude towards each other.
לידה ויחס כלפי השני.
are quite amazing.
get on better than the others.
מסתדרות טוב יותר מאחרות.
to give birth to babies,
בשנים מסויימות,
by the right combination of animals
המושג בשילוב נכון של חיות
when entering into romantic relations.
כשאנחנו נכנסים ליחסים רומנטיים.
with Tigers, Goats and Rabbits.
עם טיגריסים, עיזים וארנבות.
are natural enemies.
to be careful with a Snake.
are luckier than the others,
הן יותר בנות מזל מאחרות,
for power, strength and wealth.
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.
באהבה ובשוק העבודה.
government's press release,
of Cesarean sections.
for the Year of the Horse.
having unlucky Goat babies.
מלהביא תינוקות עיזים חסרי מזל.
saw a sharp decline of birthrate
zodiac in reverse,
will face much less competition.
יעמדו בפני פחות תחרות.
top 300 richest people in the world,
הכי עשירים בעולם של פורבס,
the Goat and Tiger,
to have less competition.
their investment decisions
את החלטות ההשקעה שלהם
of the zodiac sign
in making major decisions
until the past few decades.
surviving poverty, drought,
בלשרוד את העוני, הבצורת,
have the time, wealth and technology
הממון והטכנולוגיה
they've always wanted.
made by 1.3 billion people
על ידי 1.3 מיליארד אנשים
and demand on everything,
to property and consumer goods.
in the global economy and geopolitics,
בכלכלה העולמית והגאופוליטיקה,
and other Chinese traditions
על גלגל המזלות ומסורות סיניות אחרות
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