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I'm looking for a chengyu or an idiom to colloquially describe small-time criminals, but without excessive negative connotation. There are already words both in Chinese and English that come close:坏蛋...
Asked on 12/14/2021
2 answerWhat is the meaning of this sentence?龙舟队分哪个两个组？Moreover, is 分组 a separable verb 离合动词, or is it a verb and a noun? I haven't found grammar references that explain the verb...
Asked on 12/12/2021 by ANTXON
5 answerI have some doubts about the sentence order for time adverbs. Note: Time adverbs tell us when an action happened, but also for how long, and how...
Asked on 12/10/2021
1 answerMy handwriting (of 他小心翼翼地把邮票揭下来):The 小心翼翼 looks horribly imbalanced: there's two sparse characters 小心 followed by two dense characters 翼翼. I'm wondering what...
Asked on 12/06/2021
3 answerI'm practicing sentence writing and want to sayWe only have one carrot left.Imagine looking in the cupboard, and seeing there is only one carrot (although lots of other vegetables). I'm...
Asked on 12/04/2021
7 answerThis sequence: 可以不用 sounds odd to me. Maybe for Chinese ears it sounds perfectly natural. I suppose my brain immediately puts it in English, but I think the meaning is...
Asked on 12/02/2021
4 answerA Chinese friend sent me this sentence with a smiley emoji. I feel like it means ''Whatever you say.'' or ''Sure'', sort of agreeing with someone in jest. But I...
Asked on 12/02/2021
10 answerThis is a conversation with my friend and she started to live in Moscow recently.I: 你莫斯科生活怎么样？ She: 就那样吧Pleco showed 那样 means "like" or "that kind", but in this case that...
Asked on 11/30/2021
5 answerIn English, it is common to ask "You mean XXX...?" when a person does not understand enough what the conversation opponent said. I'm now in China, and to express the...
Asked on 11/30/2021
3 answerI've inherited a Chinese cloth painting from my ancestors. I'd be grateful if you could help me know more about the artwork through the signature and seal. ...
Asked on 11/30/2021 by Vinayak Joshi
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