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What is the origin of the word 雪茄 (cigar)?
I assume 雪茄 (cigar) is a loanword. Who can tell me what language this word was loaned from and, if appropriate, how it was transcribed?
My own guess is that the word was transcribed from English and ...
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The origins of “AA制”
Every since I learned the expression AA制*, I have been curious as to its origins. The morphology seems clear enough:
AA + 制(定) = "to draw up (the bill) in an AA way".
What is not clear is how AA ...
