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For questions about a discrete unit of written or spoken text of the smallest size to convey distinct meaning. In English but not Chinese will usually be separated from other words by a space when written or printed. Other tags that may be more appropriate include [word-choice] and [word-requests].
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What mental imagery does 如麻 invoke?
in literatures of yore, the term "殺人如*" has several variations.
in 陳拾遺集卷九
殺人如麻﹒血流成澤
in 太白詩 白馬篇
殺人如剪草
in 建炎以來繫年要錄 卷四
殺人如刈麻﹒臭聞數百里
i would make a mental image of "殺人如麻" as "killing peo …
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What does 聊以拟伏腊 mean especially when it is put above the doorframe?
聊以擬伏臘，聊以避風霜
as r13 mentioned, the verse is from 小園賦, by 庾信
we need to comprehend the pair of verses together, which would be:
[my old and shabby hut (敝廬) is]
merely (聊以) prepared for (擬) summer and …
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How is the Chinese language called in Taiwan?
it is a very political issue
bien sûr lah 😸
the democratic progressive party has a strong de-sinicization (去中化 ) tendency, here’re some inspiring observations:
the national academy for educational …
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Where can I get a Chinese language word list?
try the 國語辭典, maintained by the ministry of education, taiwan; which is, under cc 3.0.
you can download the excel files here:
https://language.moe.gov.tw/001/Upload/Files/site_content/M0001/respub/dic …
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What is the meaning of 具 in 最具魅力的市区町村?
具 is 具有; roughly to have, to possess
http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000097022
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What words exist that come from deconstructed characters?
another word to look for is "離合", there're many examples in literary of yore. e.g. the wiki had 古今譚槩, in volume 29, "談資部":
「取上一字，下拆兩字，字義相協。」倡云：「山上有明光，不知是日光、月光。」文云：「堂上掛珠簾，不知是王家的、朱家的。」 …
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Why Sun Yat-sen's 民族主義 is not translated as "ethno-nationalism"?
Why Sun Yat-sen's 民族主義 is not translated as "ethno-nationalism"?
well, mr 孫’s notion of “民族” was “chinese nation” (中華民族), which suppressed the identity of tibetan, manchurian, mongolian, uyghurs & o …
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Why does 千秋 mean a swing?
in 唐 dynasty (618-907), there're records of 千秋:
the peom 樓前 by 王建
天寶年前勤政樓
每年三日作千秋
飛龍老馬曾教舞
聞著音聲總舉頭
another one is the 漢武帝後庭鞦韆賦 by 高無際, which stated:
況鞦韆者﹒千秋也﹒
漢武祈千秋之壽﹒
故後宮多鞦韆之樂
later, in 記纂淵海 卷八 …
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part of speech - "微" 管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。
"微" means "no", or "without" (無, 沒), as indicated in 國語辭典:
http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=W00000011415
微管仲
if it's not / without (微) mr 管 (管仲), . . .
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Is there a story behind the word 寒暄 (lit. "cold warm") = "to exchange pleasantries"?
i would shortcut “寒暄” to “greetings” 😼
there was an interesting story related to "寒暄" in 建康實錄 卷十:
獻之・字子敬・羲之第七子・少有盛名而髙邁不覊・雖羣居終日・容止不怠・風流為一時之冠・嘗共兄徽之・操之詣謝安・二兄多言俗事・獻之唯寒暄而已・既出・客問安・王氏兄弟優劣・安曰・少者佳・客問其故・安曰・吉人 …
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Which is the correct expression of this, 冬至 or 至冬?
the meaning of 冬至, which is not the arrival of winter, but the pinnacle of winter or the coldest time of winter
well, according to the current definition of four-and-twenty solar terms (二十四節氣), sinc …
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What percentage of Chinese words are 1-character ? ... 2-character?
八分休止符, 八風吹不倒
how to define / interpret "word" in the finding, well, it's beyond my knowledge :( …
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Does a Chinese character almost-always represent a word?
o=dcbdic&searchid=W00000002148
you must define clearly what's character and word, before others help you. …
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A Word A Day for Chinese
you may try the international encoded han chinese and variants database (國際電腦漢字及異體字知識庫)
http://chardb.iis.sinica.edu.tw/
actually, it's "one han chinese character a day" service, in traditional srci …
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Usage of 万 (wàn): ten thousands or just a great number?
"萬" is explained by other, for your query:
is it correct to use "万", 10000, and not something else (maybe even numerically bigger), like, "one million", "one billion"?
well, in ancient times, "億 …
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