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In traditional Chinese, when should one write 台灣 and when should one write 臺灣?

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Is the sentence 昨天把我吃得站不起来了 correct?

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How do you translate “misalignment spacers”?

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Is the visual similarity of the simplifications 華→华 and 畢→毕 a coincidence?

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What is the difference, if any, between 开心 and 快乐

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It should be a yixing craftsman But I think it written incorrect?

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What is the origin of 火黑暗?

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Handwritten script on two scroll paintings

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Round seal stamp on a teapot (Characters identified: 沈紅英制)

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Can someone translate whats on this pendant? (Character identified: 醒)

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Chinese characters signature? Yixing (Characters identified: 吴亮屏)

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What does 都 mean in 小松鼠每天都到地里去

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Why is there no 地 in 不小心踢到椅子 (“carelessly kicked the chair”)?

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Is there an expression similar to the English “gut feeling” in Chinese?

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What does 怎么不是司机不是娃呢 mean?

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Could you give me some examples of work slangs? [closed]

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How does work the chinese adjectives?

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What topolects distingish between 娘 and 孃? Why?

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How would I translate “与君知”

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Is there any way to detect dialect automatically?

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What does 我就立刻知道他准是对儿媳干了偷鸡摸狗的勾当 mean? (from 活着, p.3)

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寄包裹去上海怎么寄？. 去。meaning

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How does work ergative structure and how often is it used?

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Meaning of 一挺 in 雪人大肚子一挺，他顽皮地说：“我就是冬天。” [duplicate]

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How do I translate this description of the Spanish Queen's dress style? 西班牙王后做造型真省事：连续两年裙子配饰完全不变参加同一活动

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How common is the character 唷 (pinyin: yō) in Mandarin?

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“他们之间不再会有什么友谊”：在这个句子里"会“贡献什么意思？

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Could you say what is postposition in chinese and why it's different from preposition

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Expressing “Both A .. and B”

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What does 开题 mean here?

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Why does the Chinese name for Poland mean “abandoned honour”?

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How do i know how to use the 为?

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Writing critique request: Upgrading your DNA is like upgrading software on your computer

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How do I correct 我几乎在享受中想象着听这样建议的可怜的男人?

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Happen to (in questions)

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translation of text and seals on painting (Poet identified: Pu Ru 溥儒)

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What examples highlight the distinction between 产生 and 生产, both meaning “to produce”?

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What does “射個三分波” mean?

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What's the Chinese equivalent of 将就? (成语)

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Can someone help translate this seal script (I think)?

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How to translate 妙？

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Unknown meaning of a carving on the back of a Buddha statue (Character identified: 朱)

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Can I take this sign(一) out of these words 一丝不苟 and "不屑一顾 or no?

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What are the earliest examples of “simplification”?

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Is my translation of “I think Disney has a big influence on people's expectations of love” accurate?

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Does each measure word have a specific way to use?

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How to create word/character sequence in Chinese that sounds the same as a word in English (or any other language)

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What does “GHTJK” stand for in this part of a Wiktionary: entry: “…composition ⿸丆卜(GHTJK) or ⿻丆”

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