A Useful Chengyu - Hébù Shí Ròumí 何不食肉糜

The China History Podcast by Laszlo Montgomery

Nov 9, 202512:40Society & Culture

This morning, in between recording sessions, I checked out what was headlining on Drudge. And right there was the leading story, "Let Them Eat Steak." You can imagine what the piece was about. This made me think, what a...

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