It's listed in the book as "chanas or chole," based on which ethnic group is referring to it, but the phrasing reminds me of some kind of Fremen ritual.
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schoolpsychnerd and I went to the symphony to see the Shen Yun Orchestra, which was pretty good, although I admit I preferred the original compositions over their performance of Western works. The best was Capturing Arrows with Boats of Straw--no recording, but the link explains the reference--and in trying to find a recording I learned that there's a yojijukugo (or rather, the Chinese equivalent, which Wikipedia tells me is 成语 chéngyǔ) written 草船借箭 (cǎo chuán jiè jiàn), which means using someone else's resources to achieve your goals.
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It's a chickpea kind of day.
schoolpsychnerd and I went to the symphony to see the Shen Yun Orchestra, which was pretty good, although I admit I preferred the original compositions over their performance of Western works. The best was Capturing Arrows with Boats of Straw--no recording, but the link explains the reference--and in trying to find a recording I learned that there's a yojijukugo (or rather, the Chinese equivalent, which Wikipedia tells me is 成语 chéngyǔ) written 草船借箭 (cǎo chuán jiè jiàn), which means using someone else's resources to achieve your goals.( Read more... )
