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names

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sentence

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translation

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word

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glyph-origin

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translation

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translation terminology database

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Reading Years in Chinese

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When to properly use 是

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phrase

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translation

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Help me translate this short poem

translation

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word

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grammar particles

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phrase

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translation

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How would you express ''swerving all over the road'' as in a drunk driver?

vocabulary

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measure-word

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meaning difference

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Is the use of 她 here unusual?

usage

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word

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Using the article 咪 in this Cantonese sentence

cantonese particles

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Timeframe for Learning Ancient Chinese

mandarin traditional-chinese classical-chinese literary-chinese old-chinese

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Half Third Tone

pronunciation

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grammar

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I want to get a tattoo that says “Ambitious” in Chinese. However I don't fully trust google translate

simplified-chinese traditional-chinese classical-chinese literary-chinese

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meaning

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cantonese

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Compound words with 生

meaning

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glyph-origin character-components

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translation characters traditional-chinese seal literary-chinese

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