An antonym is one of a pair of words with opposite meanings. Each word in the pair is the antithesis of the other.
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Chinese words that are their own antonyms
Are there (m)any Chinese words that are their own antonyms? Similar to English "terrific", "wicked", etc. (which originally had negative meanings and now have positive meanings).
I imagine that as ...
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Opposite of constructions using 得 (must / have to)
What is the correct way to form a sentence expressing the opposite of 得 (have to) as in "do not have to". I don't think 不得 is correct?!
*我不得工作
I am thinking something like...
我不需要工作 or
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