Jenna Moran's blog posts on learning Chinese are excellent, and who knows how long the Eos-sama website will be up after all the shenanigans. So, here's an archive.
You might think, when you look at yī (一), that it’s just another bird-emitted laser beam. But nothing could be further from the truth!
In fact the laser of a bù (不) bird is a downward-slanting laser. The yī-line, on the other hand, is a horizontal stroke! If you’ve ever had to dodge bird lasers while swimming you probably know the difference already. If not, don’t think of laser-equipped birds at all. Instead, a great master sweeps their arm or sword or calligraphy brush across the computer screen whereupon you read these words, declaring: yī! —
And comprehension, inevitably, follows.
Yī means one. It also apparently means “as soon as” but seriously people are generally a lot more enthusiastic about counting to one than they are about comparative timekeeping.
Oh! You say it like “ee.” I may be missing subtleties here. But ee. So, bee-line, minus the b: yī-line.
Deep contemplation of the letter “Yī (一)” and the expenditure of Aspect Miracle Points may yield instruction on the following miracle:
Only One Universe (1 AMP)
Sweeping your arm, sword, or calligraphy brush dramatically across the gaming table, you unify everything in your sight into a single conceptual entity. (Everything, that is, except for bees. Any bees present become “yī”s (一s) instead, whereupon they flee shrieking from ordinary space and time, most likely never to return.)
A feeling of connectedness and unitary nature arises. This has a base miracle level of 4.
This is a one-use ability. You must retreat to an appropriate fastness and contemplate or practice “yī” again before you can repeat its use.
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A Book of Divine Letters: Yī
Deep contemplation of the letter “Yī (一)” and the expenditure of Aspect Miracle Points may yield instruction on the following miracle:
Only One Universe (1 AMP)
Sweeping your arm, sword, or calligraphy brush dramatically across the gaming table, you unify everything in your sight into a single conceptual entity. (Everything, that is, except for bees. Any bees present become “yī”s (一s) instead, whereupon they flee shrieking from ordinary space and time, most likely never to return.)
A feeling of connectedness and unitary nature arises. This has a base miracle level of 4.
This is a one-use ability. You must retreat to an appropriate fastness and contemplate or practice “yī” again before you can repeat its use.