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Nov 17, 2008

飛蛾赴火 a moth to a flame

飛 (fly) 蛾 (moth) 赴 (approach) 火 (fire)

simplified,
飞蛾赴火

Thus hath the candle singd the moath...


A moth with a death wish.

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“The construction trash was flying through the air in a surreal picture reminiscent of some eerie scene out of Poltergeist, drawn toward the fire by the vacuum, like the proverbial moth to the candle flame." - Santa Barbara Independent

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