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On January 30 at 9:14 AM by Tal

Jenny: 当然不会了,这样的话我们就会少很多很多的朋友来中国。 I was thrown by this actually, I guess it's an example of 少 being used as a verb (with the sense of 'lack' or 'be... Read more

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On January 30 at 9:04 AM by mark

Another thing that ruins your eyes is age.  For many years I was able to boast that I had never worn glasses.  Anyway, if you aren't glasses... Read more

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On January 30 at 8:35 AM by changye

Hi bababardwan In addition to zhou_rui's nice explanation, let me show you more causes of the production of multi-reading characters. (1) 文白异读... Read more

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On January 30 at 8:22 AM by yangyafeng1026

“看看就知道了”和“看看不就知道了”的意思是一样的,都是看了之后你就知道结果了。不过二者不同的是在说话的口气上,比如两人对话: 1、甲说:他们在干什么呢? 乙说:你去看看就知道了。 此段对话中的乙对甲说话比较礼貌。 2、甲说:他们在干什么呢? 乙说:你自己去... Read more

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On January 30 at 8:21 AM by zhou_rui

Here is an explanation of and some examples for 假借. I hope it makes sense. 說文解字 'Explanation of simple graphs and analysis of compound graphs' by... Read more

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On January 30 at 7:55 AM by yangyafeng1026

i agree with jennyzhu,i am a chinese man,is jennyzhu a chinese people? Read more

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On January 30 at 7:17 AM by zhou_rui

bababardwan, I share your interest in etymology. I'm putting something together. Check back in a bit. Read more

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On January 30 at 7:12 AM by yangyafeng1026

中国人认识汉字都是从拼音开始学起的。 Read more

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On January 30 at 7:08 AM by unniv

I would have asked  the following to this man 有没有 锁 和 钥匙 ? 有 那 你 就 关 商店   Read more

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On January 30 at 7:03 AM by bababardwan

Thanks mate for directly answering my question.That's really helpful.All good examples.I particularly liked: "In ancient times, there were not as m... Read more