<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:22:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@languagelover/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How to make every year a lucky one?]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may already know 2018 is the year of the dog. You may also know the Chinese animal zodiac is a repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by an animal. People believe that the 12]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/good-luck/@languagelover/how-to-make-every-year-a-lucky-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/good-luck/@languagelover/how-to-make-every-year-a-lucky-one</guid><category><![CDATA[good-luck]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[languagelover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 07:27:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs763tNpydSw7YBGT4D8irVQvFpWfMWPh1VDozXCxP3wxdbvQ11JK4tEokWSAgKbLccwbzDYpmaq26oeaqwFZkdZ8Q75sC4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chopsticks: “quick bamboo"???]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using ‘mouth luck’ to reverse a taboo may be done through associating words with their homophones (homo=same; phone=sound). It may also be done through the use of antonyms (anti=opposite; onym=name) of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/reverse-taboo/@languagelover/chopsticks-quick-bamboo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/reverse-taboo/@languagelover/chopsticks-quick-bamboo</guid><category><![CDATA[reverse-taboo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[languagelover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 02:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76ZG8aWL2pMTQ3AW4b11uJTzCqaKv7uPVjY64mgafbE1s1sfKarcsP2yp2UmsXCB8p6eZeCdtRfLwofzE41tJuWVPWS64E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[口彩Mouth wonder/mouth luck]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using a good luck word/expression (like the idiom 有始有终 ‘accomplishing a task from the beginning to the end’ in the earlier story) to name or describe a regular situation or behavior is called 口彩 ‘month]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taboo/@languagelover/mouth-wonder-mouth-luck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taboo/@languagelover/mouth-wonder-mouth-luck</guid><category><![CDATA[taboo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[languagelover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 01:42:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75PZb1mKfZt4b5G6xzJrA8XtZfcZohqVzcNqdf3f1DrnHLGmzCMqtLUsazTyQoJvJp43fpgyU9Eo8E9HXainsTwDqfwesG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taboo/good luck language and its impact on behavious in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[In our global village, more and more attention has been given to cross-culture communication. More and more people realize that learning a foreign culture is as important as, if not more important than,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cross-culture/@languagelover/taboo-good-luck-language-and-its-impact-on-behavious-in-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cross-culture/@languagelover/taboo-good-luck-language-and-its-impact-on-behavious-in-china</guid><category><![CDATA[cross-culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[languagelover]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:12:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75tKAEmN5KWRk1G3Hc7wviDB5eqPFuWSBBWuPzzuajCxAJnpqJxLTwWLUDw8GVPyjwKACmgA5Q7x5B74pWKEruFQHTUR2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>