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Is “文化” borrowed from Japanese?

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Can we simultaneously use the particles 地 and 得 with a single verb, e.g. 他高兴地跳得高?

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Do you have any eating requirements or allergies?

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How to type this character from 汉字大字典 in my computer?

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Usage of 贵方 in real-life conversation

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What's the difference between 写下 and 记下?

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Glyph origin of 蝠

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Who created Chinese Characters? (for facts or historical records)

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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么?

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What character is this bronze inscription character?

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Glyph origin of 郵

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Are there any patterns for which tone is used for each Mandarin character?

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船 composed of characters for vessel, 8, and person?

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Is it necessary to translate an app from simplified chinese to traditional chinese for Taiwan users?

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Can「文化」replace 「學歷」in a sentence?

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About a potential Chinese version of the movie "Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe"

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Is 冘 and 何 related in terms of their glyph origin?

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How to translate "population" into Chinese?

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What "字母" mean in Chinese (not Alphabet in English)? Why is it called "character-mother"?

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What does 效用先生加纳阔佬 mean?

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Is 民主党派 NGO in China?

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How to literally translate this: 已经在有意识地把这种情感影响,甚至把人性的价值判断?

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Is 这部电影非常精彩,我很推荐 grammatical, despite the verb 推荐 lacking an object?

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A question about the official Chinese translation of two passages from Nietzsche's books

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Hearing the difference between 他 vs 大

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不打诗, 朱淑真 (乞望老爷饶恕它)

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What is the meaning of 挥发 here?

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Exact Meaning of 左挑右选 and 前看后看

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Meanings of the various measure words for 房子

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How do you say the numbers from 1001-1009?

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关于荷爾德林的希波淋的一本中文版本

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How do I memorize Chinese characters that have an original meaning unrelated to their modern meaning?

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Initial 在 zài in existential ("there is") sentences

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Hearing difference between 那里 and 哪里

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Explain the meaning of「打斧頭」

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Please explain the difference between 具備, 俱備

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Differences between 学生,学童 and 同学?

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Help me read this signature on the porcelain plate

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check that each file in this folder is the latest version

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Is 早晚 included in 普通话?

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What is the exact meaning of 着 and how to use it in a sentence?

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using 的 between adverb and adjective

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西海 vs 东海 in literature

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How do you pronounce the word 任?

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Please translate this Chinese calligraphy into English

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Why 姆 is widely used in the translated name of males?

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Paying directly to Alipay

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Why Pinyin's "声母" and "韵母" were translated as "initials" and "finals"?


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