ä¿æˆ‘安全: “Ensure My Safety”
There’s a new billboard at the bus stop at 19th Ave and Taraval. I could read the first three characters with my own little brain:
ä¿ Insurance
我 I
安 Safety / shelter
Looking up the fourth character: 全 (all) I see that the last two characters together mean "safety". 安 is easy to remember, because "woman under a roof" means safety / shelter / security.
ä¿æˆ‘安全
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Ensure My Safety
There are many insurance agencies in the neighborhood.
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mark
Yeah, I think in this case it means.. keep me safe (use a helmet)
the character ä¿ means preserve or keep, when used together with 险, it means ä¿é™© or insurance. Keep up your great work!
Ever use Chinesepod.com?
tiffany
Your blog is cute~~I know Chinese is difficult,butåŠ æ²¹.By the way,quan1 is wrong,the right pronunciation is quan2.
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an1 quan2
Xiaoyu
Hi, do you live in San Francisco? I saw you mentioned CCSF and I assume it is city college, san francisco. Your blog is awesome and I like it a lot. I am a Chinese student study in sf.
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