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僻 (pì): Secluded.
Hikikomori: A condition whereby adolescents or adults isolate themselves away from society and family in a single room for a period exceeding 6 months.
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貹 (shèng): Wealth
On 27 February 2020, when the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths were burgeoning in Italy, a man named Nicola Zingaretti travelled to Milan. Milan is part of the wider Lombardy region that also happens to be ground zero for the country's coronavirus nightmare. Zingaretti heads the governing Democratic party. He was there for an aperitif with students. "We must not change our habits," Zingaretti wrote in a social media post. "Our economy is stronger than fear: let's go out for an aperitivo, a coffee or to eat a pizza." He subsequently contracted COVID-19. 靠 (kào): To lean on/against.
Few things lay bare our common humanity more than our vulnerability in a crisis. 返 (fǎn): Return (to).
Like many cities all over the world, Venice imposed a strict self-isolation policy to half COVID-19's spread. As a result, its waterways became devoid of cruise ships, boats and gondolas. The water in Venice's canals cleared up, and plants and wildlife were seen returning to the city. It's anyone's guess how long this transformation will last, but for the moment it seems Venice is taking a breather from tourism's punishing regime (20 million arrivals a year!). 們 (mén): Plural marker for pronouns.
Bergamo is a town in Italy that's seen the highest number of deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation got so dire they ran out of coffins and healthy funeral workers to handle the deceased. Not only that, families couldn't see their loved ones or give the dead a proper sending-off due to infection control measures. In the words of a funeral director in Bergamo, "A generation has died in just over two weeks. We've never seen anything like this and it just makes you cry." |