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In today's reading, I encountered the expression 敬而远之. However, I noticed this x而y之 structure is repeated in many other 4-character expressions (Pleco search...
Asked on 10/22/2021
2 answerI wanted to express in Mandarin:Three months ago I started yoga classes.I thought about whether to use 前 or 以前 to express "ago":三个月以前我开始了上瑜伽课。 Sān gè yuè yǐqián wǒ kāishǐ le...
Asked on 10/22/2021 by Puco4
4 answerA sign near some grass says:不要为你的美丽伤了我And an English translation says:Don't hurt me for your pretty That's pretty close to what google translate says —...
Asked on 10/22/2021
3 answerHow do Chinese characters foreigners or beginner Chinese learners write appear to natives? Is there a difference? Does it depend on how long they have been learning, or...
Asked on 02/22/2021 by Ultimate Qwerty
1 answerI have seen these letters written in a particular way and I would like to know their meaning.I don't know if they are in the correct position so I...
Asked on 02/11/2021 by ejy1
1 answerQuestion: I am constructing a sport database; which has names of Chinese players. Names are stored in Romanized alphabetical spelling. A recent concern has come up regarding a "correct" order...
Asked on 01/25/2021 by user3195446
1 answerI just found that 挣 has two variants of pronunciation - zhèng and zhēng. However, both seem to express "struggle" in English. Some words express different meanings depending on the...
Asked on 01/21/2021
2 answerIn the movie 北京遇上西雅图 (~25m45s), during an argument the protagonist calls another pregnant woman a 骚货 ("slut") and they start physically fighting. A third woman tries to...
Asked on 01/14/2021 by Becky 李蓓
5 answerI have obtained a copy of Su Shi's "Cold Food Observance". I would like to find a good English translation of the 129 characters, preferably with standard (kaishu) characters alongside...
Asked on 01/09/2021 by CTurner
1 answerThe most common translation of '户口' seems to be 'household registration system'. The other meanings do not fit either: https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E6%88%B7%E5%8F%A3 What is it a reference to?...
Asked on 01/09/2021 by Burrough Clarke
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