# 29. How Chinese Civilization Can Survive For Thousands Of Years Without Break?-Speak Chinese -HSK

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This video shows how the structure of Chinese characters reflects the Chinese people's understanding of the world. From a typical English medical word and its Chinese name, you can see the way of creating new words in Chinese, but also the high efficiency of Chinese information transmission.
As the ideographic writing, the pronunciation of Chinese characters is not necessarily related to the font and the meaning of the character. The meaning of Chinese characters is a synthesis of the original information carried by each part of its structure. It is precisely because the meaning of Chinese characters is based on fixed graphics, rather than relying on pronunciation, that the information recorded with Chinese characters can avoid distortion or loss of meaning caused by differences in pronunciation.
The achievements and lessons of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization have been preserved by various written records throughout the ages. As long as they can see the text, contemporary Chinese people can accurately feel the thoughts of their ancestors. Therefore, it can be said that Chinese characters ensure that the core of Chinese civilization can survive for thousands of years.
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