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Shenzheners

Shenzheners is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shenzheners rather than just read about it. In short: Shenzheners (Chinese: 深圳人; pinyin: Shēnzhènrén) is a Chinese-language collection of short stories by Xue Yiwei. Darryl Sterk translated it into English, and this translation was published by Linda Leith Publishing in 2016.

Key takeaways

Shenzheners belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Shenzheners to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Shenzheners from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Shenzheners (Chinese: 深圳人; pinyin: Shēnzhènrén) is a Chinese-language collection of short stories by Xue Yiwei. Darryl Sterk translated it into English, and this translation was published by Linda Leith Publishing in 2016. Cai Gao did the illustrations. The English translation is the first ever such translation of Xue's work. The number of short stories in this work is nine.

Background Xue writes works aimed at Chinese citizens in Mainland China, using Chinese as a medium. As of 2016 Xue lives in Montreal.

Contents Amy Hawkins, a freelance journalist in China, described loneliness as a common theme in the stories. One of the common points of inspiration is Dubliners. One of the stories focuses on an expatriate from Canada.

Reception McGillis stated that the translation in the English version is "smooth". Bailey Hu, in That's Shanghai, wrote that the work "rarely comes across as over the top". The book won the 2013 "Most Influential Chinese Books of the Year" award.

References

External links Shenzheners - Linda Leith Publishing

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shenzheners

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shenzheners claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shenzheners before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shenzheners ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shenzheners

In research: Shenzheners appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shenzheners in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shenzheners is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Books about Shenzhen, China stubs, Chinese contemporary short stories, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shenzheners outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Shenzheners in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Shenzheners means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Shenzheners out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Shenzheners in simple terms?

Why does Shenzheners matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Shenzheners?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Shenzheners.