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Poetic two-character words of the form: Verb + Natural Noun?
I was looking for examples in Mandarin of poetic two-character words. What words have the following form...
Verb + Noun
...where the noun is something that occurs in nature?
The first examples ...
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How to differentiate moods, characters, temperaments, etc?
It seems like there are way more words for these things than in English, and I am having a hard time figuring out the difference between them. Some adjectives can only be used to describe mood, while ...
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What does “整块的时间” mean?
I have a sentence in my textbook I've mostly translated, but I can't piece this part together.
"交通不是很便利不说，还需要整块的时间"
Google translate spits out:
"Traffic is not very convenient, you also need the ...
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What is the equivalent of the English word 'Fail' in Mandarin?
Fail is a pretty popular term on the internet these days, and one I'm quite fond of.
Looking in my Chinese dictionary I can't find a great equivalent - is there a good way to say this? What would be ...
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What is a good technique for remembering tones?
I find it a great struggle to try and remember tones for all the new vocab I learn, and aside from gradually picking up tones by listening and talking with native speakers, I can't really remember ...
