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Among the Cantonese, it's 左 手 鬼, which is self-explanatory. The older Chinese, (just like some other older peoples), have the idea that there is something bad, evil even, about left-handedness, hence …

I think you have actually answered the question when you say -- "The word 本 means origin...." … Wonder what the word "under" is doing in "undergraduate"? …

In Chinese, the word 滚, "to roll", in this context, has a derogatory meaning. …

眼力 = eye strength / force, does not mean you have 20-20, perfect vision / eyesight. So, 眼力见 means you have the ability to "see clearly" a particular interactive situation, assess the circumstances and …

If you ask the frogs themselves, I think you might croak at their answers? Here's one all could agree on, cats, "meow" in English and "喵喵" in Chinese, but I doubt the cats themselves would agree. L …

图片可作为单独的图像 I suppose you need to know something about digital photography to understand that sentence. 图片 = video frame 可作为单独的 = could be made into or saved as a single 图像 = image or photo. So, t …

迁, like the English word "move", is too indefinite / general to be of much use in specific situations. …

Is there a complete list? No. If there is one it'll be almost out of date, or at least incomplete two years after publication. It is the nature of any language in this modern era to evolve and develop …

For practical purposes, there are interchangeable. However, for certain specific situations, one may be preferred, only preferred, not mandatory over the other. 还没 is used when it is a bare, neutral s …

他的敌人贿赂了他的员工诬告他逃税, (his enemies bribed his employees to falsely accuse him of tax evasion) Thus when you want to "frame", meaning falsely, someone for a crime / wrong doing, 诬告 is the more suitable word …

As a word it means a "plum", 李子 丽, meaning "beautiful", "pretty" is traditionally a most common personal name for Chinese females. …

Question:- Why does my dictionary define 试图 ("to attempt") as 打算 ("to plan")? I think it is more a problem of accurate translation across languages, rather than trying, attempting to reconcile the two …

First of all, the Chinese word "to marry", as in to marry a wife, is 娶, which has an "ear",耳, radical on the top left of the word. Why does to marry need an ear radical? … marry has the ear radical because you need to "take" a "bride" from another tribe or village, (for reasons of local scarcity or just taboo to breed with a close relative) Hence the ear radical in the word …

Quote：- “ Is there a Chinese word for the Japanese 気合。。。？“ This is a damn good question. I've never thought about this until now. … mishmash art officially called "Wu Shu", （武术），was born and now in the Olympics) So, while practitioners of the Chinese arts may know exactly what it means in practice, nobody actually coined an "official" word …

I submit that 孝 is a very Chinese concept. (It is possible that other ethnic groups in other parts of the less developed World may have similar concept, but not in present day Western societies, hence …