I saw that earlier today. The amount of money generated by the Olympics is truly staggering.

chinese competition and law never ceases to amaze me :s

It's amazing how different the internet advertising market is in China. A whole different ballgame in terms of restrictions and in terms of measurement.

   去*（qù）*
 

"去"是一个象形字------它描摹的是一个带有盖子的空容器的形状：字的下半部分指代的是空容器"厶"；字的下半部分指代的是盖子"土"。它最初的意思指的是移走容器的盖子和容器中的物品，后来引申为"离开，走"。

Here, "去" is a pictograph, which symbolizes an empty vessel "厶" with a cover "土" upon it. Its original meaning refers to the removal of the cover and contents of the vessel. By extension, it further means "leave, go" now.

  休*（xiū）*
  

"休"是一个会意字------"亻"是"人"字的变形，"木"表示一棵树，"休"字则表现出人靠在树上休息的样子，而其实际含义就引申为"停止，休息"。

Here, "休" is the compound ideogram, i.e. a combination of two ideograms to denote its meaning. While "亻" refers to a man, "木" refers to a tree. Accordingly, the character shows a vivid picture of a man resting against a tree, which just means "stop, rest" in English.

u        Chinese Appellations

中国人的称谓很复杂，同事之间可以称职务，如"麦总，刘经理"等，熟人之间可以直呼其名，或者在姓的前面加上"老，小"来称呼，如："老王，小王"等。比较正式的场合对不熟悉的人一般可以称"先生，女士，太太，小姐"等。

The Chinese system of names and titles is by and large complicated. Titles may  be used to address each other among one's colleagues, e.g. "màizǒng and Liú Jīnglǐ". For acquaintances personal names and surnames may be preceded by "lǎo"(old) or "xiǎo"(young). Formal patterns of address include "xiānsheng"(mister,Sir). "nǚshì"(Ms or Mrs), "tàitai"(madam or Mrs) and "xiǎojie"(miss).

For example: colleagues greet to each other: Good morning, Wang Jingli!
             同事之间打招呼：王经理，早上好！

 Conversation between acquaintances：Xiao Li，pass me that cup of tea.
             熟人之间对话：小王，递给我那杯茶。

Formal pattern：The waiter opened the hotel door and said, come in, please, Miss.
             正式场合：侍者打开酒店的门说：小姐，请进！