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流氓 means ruffian or rogue. 耍流氓 means acting like a ruffian.

My take is the use of 就 is largely optional. For example, 架子倒下花瓶碎了 works just as well in Chinese. Perhaps it is even better because the sentence is simpler. 如果 A，就 B can also be simplified to 如果 A，B

In everyday usage, 发动机 now means some kind of heat engine. OTOH, 电动机 specifically refers to an electrical motor. 引擎 is synonymous with 发动机, while 馬達 is synonymous with 电动机.

How about 以怨報怨 ? This is native Chinese when 以牙還牙 is more or less imported.

Just use 简 and 繁. That's what I have seen on a lot of websites. If you want to use graphics instead of characters, the typical way is to use a PRC flag and a HKSAR flag.

Commit no bad deeds no matter how small; perform good deeds no matter how trival. Or more colloquially Don't do bad things just because they are small; don't ignore good deeds just because they are tr …

To me, "I'm trying to study Chinese" carries the meaning that you may not succeed. Maybe you get interrupted by somebody. Maybe you get distracted by browsing on the Internet. Maybe you pulled an all …

闭关: solitude Bill Gates seeks a week-long solitude twice a year.

坎 can mean dangers, obstacles, or hurdles. 坎 is very often combined with 坷 to form the term 坎坷. 生命坎坷 is "a life with many obstacles," or simply "a tough life." 前景坎坷 is "the future has many obstacles." …

你多久吃一次鱼 seems awkward to me. Native Chinese usually don't phrase questions like that. Instead, we use 你常常吃魚嗎？ (Do you eat fish often?) That sounds more natural to me.

大 has a number of meanings in Chinese, depending on the context. Some examples: 大石 - a big rock 大陸 - continent (or Mainland China) 大人 - an adult 大人物 - famous person 大官 - a senior government official 大 …

You don't directly address a high ranking official in the UK government as minister, either. Right? The issue with using 长官 or 首长 is only applicable when used by a direct subordinate. Also, not every …

Chinese has a very simple grammar. You can pretty much guess the meaning of an unfamiliar term by combining the meaning of the constituent characters. 器 and 机 at the end of a term means it's a machine …

It depends on how much is the price and how much you like the display. It's closer to some kind of handicraft instead of art, so it probably doesn't have much of a resale value. However, if you really …

知识 is knowledge. You cannot split it up and examine each individual character to try and guess the meaning of the group. It's as absurd as trying to split "butterfly" into butter and fly, or understan …