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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
If you try to translate verbatim, word by word, it's highly likely that you will not be able to capture their meanings or differences.
In the context of this sentence, they represents the same thing.
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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
I don't think there is a clear and unequivocal difference between 怎么办 and 做什么。Like everything, it will depend on the context. Nor will 该 or 应该 always appear in the translation as 'should'.
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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
我该怎么办 = "I couldn't believe it"
我该做什么 = "What should I do"
I'm Chinese.
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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
In my view, 我该怎么办 is used when you have multiple choices of action to take, and is in a dilemma as to which is the most appropriate.
我该做什么 is used when you want to know whether it is appropriate to ...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
知识 - knowledge
知 - know
识 - recognizing, distinguishing
感知 - perception (I think 知感, which means 知恩感德, is a miss-use)
認识 - cognition
“知识” (knowledge)两个字(two characters)我(I)始终(always)认为(believe/...
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Difference between 怎么办 and 做什么？
我该(I should) 怎么(how to) 办(deal with/ handle) = How should I deal with it
You are facing a situation where you don't know [how] to handle
我该(I should) 做(do) 什么(what)？ = What should I do
You are ...
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Differences between 知识，知，识，知感 and 认识？
The metaphysics of the mind! How do we know what we know?
感知：perceive, perception, awareness
But 知感 is odd. Probably not many people know what 知感 is really supposed to mean. It's idiomatic.
百度 has ...
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Differences between 学生，学童 and 同学？
About the usage of 同学, I have explained here
When a teacher or any outsider says 同学们, 同学 is referred to as a "student"
Example:
张同学，李同学 = classmate Zhang, classmate Li (from a classmate's ...
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Differences between 学生，学童 and 同学？
同学 = fellow student; schoolmate; classmate.
It can be used by the teacher to address a particular student (ex: 張同学 - a student with the surname 張), or to the entire class (同学們, 上課了 = Student, class ...
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What is the meaning of 看 in 比如，他们讨论过《卖火柴的小女孩儿》是写给谁看的？
看 means "read" here
The word for "read" is 读 in Chinese, therefore, "read book" should be translated as "读书". However, the term "读书" mostly means &...
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What is the meaning of 挥发 here?
挥发 means volatile or volatilization in English. In serious scientific Chinese, it is only used to describe volatile due to thermal motion of molecule
(a kind of 物理变化(physical change)). Substances like ...
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What is the meaning of 挥发 here?
挥发 means "turn into vapor" and is generally used for VOC (volatile organic compounds) or any liquid that's not water (e.g. alcohol). OTOH, 蒸发 is reserved for water.
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What is the meaning of 挥发 here?
挥发 means “迅速消散" (rapidly dissipates into the surrounding air due to the volatile nature of the substance) It is a chemical phenomenon
Water would "蒸发" (evaporate) because the dryer air ...
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Paying directly to Alipay
我可以直接转你们的支付宝上吗
You missed a preposition
我可以直接[转]你们的支付宝上吗? = Can I directly [transfer] your AliPay? (X)
我可以直接[转到]你们的支付宝上吗? = Can I directly [transfer to] your AliPay? (O)
我可以直接[转入]你们的支付宝上吗? = Can I ...
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What is the exact meaning of 着 and how to use it in a sentence?
我真的爱你：I love you truly.
我真的爱着你：I am in love with you truly.
他看我：He look at me.
他看了我：He looked me.
他看着我：He is looking at me.
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What does the phrase "足矣" mean?
知己 means friends who understand each other well, have a deep bond, and maintain a close relationship.
足 means enough. （足够）
矣 is a classical final particle, and it is like a exclamation mark a little ...
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Why is the American TV Drama "Friends" translated into 《老友记》?
Because 老友记 is more like a title in Chinese. 朋友们 is weird, and I advice you to use 们 sparingly. 好朋友 sounds like a children's song. 哥儿们姐儿们 is too colloquial and strongly Northeastern Chinese.
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Exact Meaning of 左挑右选 and 前看后看
In Chinese, there is a typical word formation method that uses the so-called "virtual character" （虚字）. The virtual characters can mean something or mean nothing but just a placeholder. If it ...
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Exact Meaning of 左挑右选 and 前看后看
左挑右选 and 前看后看 - Pick up the item on the left, pick up the item on the right, look and examine the item in the front, then look and examine the item on the back.
Depending on the situation, it can mean ...
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Exact Meaning of 左挑右选 and 前看后看
While...imaging he is in a free market (yes, there used to be free market in the old time I believe), and in front of a shoes peddler's booth that have all the shoes displayed there.
左挑右选 means he ...
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Exact Meaning of 左挑右选 and 前看后看
Both mean "picky," "fuzzy," "finicky"
I am not sure why they seem strange to you. Imagine somebody who scrutizes all the items in a section of a store.
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