'biang' helps deter tardiness
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="character">character</span> "<span word="biang">biang</span>" <span word="has">has</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="strokes">strokes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tool">tool</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deter">deter</span> <span word="tardiness">tardiness</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="college">college</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Chengdu">Chengdu</span>, <span word="Sichuan">Sichuan</span> <span word="province">province</span>. <span word="Students">Students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="classes">classes</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="character">character</span> 1,000 <span word="times">times</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="punished">punished</span>, <span word="surnamed">surnamed</span> <span word="Cheng">Cheng</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="bear">bear</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="anymore">anymore</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="the">the</span> 200<span word="th">th</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="extremely">extremely</span> <span word="complicated">complicated</span> <span word="structure">structure</span>.</p><p><span word="How">How</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="strokes">strokes</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="character">character</span> "<span word="biang">biang</span>" <span word="have">have</span>?</p><p><span word="A">A</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 40 <span word="strokes">strokes</span></p><p><span word="B">B</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50 <span word="strokes">strokes</span></p><p><span word="C">C</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 60 <span word="strokes">strokes</span></p>
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