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Summary: Learn how to say "end of pine trees" in Chinese characters for the poem "Seeking the Hermit But No Meeting" with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.

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Esther-Xiaohua Liu Esther-Xiaohua Liu is currently a graduate student and teaching assistant with a major in Chinese Literature and Languages at The University of Massachusetts,... read more

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How to Write "End of Pine Trees" in Chinese

This is a phrase: song xia. Remember, "song" means "pine tree," pine trees, with two parts. Left is wood, mu. "Xia" means "enter," enter something. Ok, if we say, "song xia" that means "in the pine tree." In the pine tree. In Chinese, when you say, "song xia," it's not exactly clear to people, so we can say, "song shu." "Shu" - this word - means "tree." "Song shu means "a pine tree." Song shu xia. So when we say, "song shu xia," that means "in a pine tree." But if we say, "song xia," let's suppose in a land of a poem. As you know in Chinese, in ancient Chinese poems, the words should be exactly the same numbers. Sometimes it's 5 words, I mean - sorry - 5 characters, or 7 characters. That's why we cannot use two more. We cannot use any more than five or seven. We use "song xia" - in the pine tree.

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