Top new questions this week:
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我在家说英语 if this means “I speak english at home” then why doesn’t this 他在那里说英语 mean “he speaks english over there” instead according to a translation I have, it means “he’s over …
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Google translates 爷爷上山去欩柴。as, ‘Grandad went up the mountain to get firewood.’. Both Wiktionary and Chinesetools.com include this character, but give no meaning for it. I wondered if it were a rarely …
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房子刚盖好，还没装窗户呢 Since the house was built just recently, windows have not been installed yet. The translation above was done by me using free translation(namely not translating directly term by term). …
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The question I’d like to have a function in Python for splitting a given string containing pinyin into its syllables. The following two code blocks show how the function is intended to work. Input …
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In the WeTV version of Three Body Problem (ep. 12, minute 12:31) Wang Miao tells detective Shi Qiang not to smoke in front of Wang Miao’s daughter. While the detective hates being told not to smoke, …
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How come did the readings of the xing-category appear for 行? They make no sense. The Early Middle Chinese for “to walk” is γæng, which should give héng – and so it does, in 胻, 蘅, 桁 – even with the …
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In an old residence of a general, there is a stone tablet high above the door on which there is written “聊以拟伏腊”.What does that mean? The following is given by the AI ChatGPT that goes viral …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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When I moved to my current place, I registered my residence at the local police station (giving them a copy of my contract; I think this is called 登记). At the time, I ended up befriending a local …
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For some reason, the Internet is swamped with people saying 雪花飘飘 北风萧萧 Xuě huā piāo piāo \\ běi fēng xiāo xiāo For example the HSK Official Twitter account tweeted (the hashtag #…
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做 and 作 are both translated as “to do” or “to make.” How can I tell when I should use one or the other?
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I’m preparing for my first HSK exam in October – probably level 1 – so I completed a practice exam. I know the number of correct answers, but I don’t how to convert these into a score. From what I’…
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So the age old question of 的, 地, 得, when do you use which? When spoken, it all sounds the same, but on paper it depends on if it’s a verb, noun, adjective. But I don’t quite remember if that is all …
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The meaning seems obvious but could not be expressed in an exact word of English. For example, 卡纳瓦罗为了获得赔偿金，目前看起来是在摆烂。It may mean that guy tries to get his compensation to act even like a dirty man (he …
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How many Chinese characters would I generally need to learn to be able to handle most text in typical every day circumstances? How many would be required to be considered fluent? Are there any good …
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