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Can I rewrite 德里克.帕腓特有一个极端得空前绝后的假设 using 的 or 地 instead of 得？

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

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What is the difference between 一只狗 and 一条狗?

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What is the difference between 怎么 and 如何？

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Expressing “Both A .. and B”

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What examples highlight the difference between 感情 (gǎnqíng) and 情感 (qínggǎn), meaning “emotion” [noun]?

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

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What is the difference between 早 and 早晨? E.g. 早晨好

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一张网页 or 一个网页 (“a webpage”): which is the better choice of measure word, and why?

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What's the difference between 记录 and 纪录, both pronounced jìlù, and both meaning “record”?

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modified Dec 17 '19 at 11:19 Tang Ho 39.5k

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Is there a difference between 连朋友都没告诉过 and 即便是朋友也没有告诉过?

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Is there a difference between 回转 and 掉头?

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When to Add 了 in the 太…了 Structure

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自习 vs 自学: what's the difference?

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