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What's the difference between classifiers and measure words?

asked Jul 20, 2020 at 11:02

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4 answers

678 views

How did 贼 come to mean "extremely"?

asked Jul 11, 2020 at 18:23

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3 answers

314 views

Is there an idiomatic way to express 乱说 or 胡说八道 in an elegant way?

asked Jun 26, 2020 at 17:36

4 votes

1 answer

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What is the origin of the word 鬻?

asked May 8, 2021 at 22:42

4 votes

1 answer

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What's the difference between etymology and glyph origin?

asked May 9, 2021 at 17:03

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4 answers

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How to properly translate "to deserve" while preserving its moral implication?

asked Jun 5, 2021 at 13:35

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1 answer

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Where does 别间 ("other") as in 别间大学 come from?

asked Sep 4, 2020 at 0:00

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6 answers

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What is the role of chengyu (成语) in a sentence?

asked Sep 17, 2020 at 16:38

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4 answers

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What's the meaning of 虚化 in Chinese linguistics?

asked Jul 4, 2020 at 21:34

3 votes

2 answers

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Is there a chengyu to describe small-time thieves or scoundrels with a playful connotation?

asked Jul 23, 2020 at 15:16

2 votes

3 answers

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Is there a chengyu to mean "walk with one's own legs"

asked Feb 17, 2017 at 9:18

2 votes

1 answer

341 views

What is the meaning of 元亨利贞 in the I-Ching?

asked Jun 30, 2020 at 17:37

2 votes

1 answer

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Why is 灸 pronounced jiu1?

asked Feb 19, 2021 at 11:51

2 votes

2 answers

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What is the colloquial meaning of 小祖宗？

asked Feb 19, 2022 at 15:41

2 votes

1 answer

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Why “to drink water” in Shanghainese is 吃茶?

asked Apr 15 at 13:59

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3 answers

176 views

How to understand 之所以

asked Jun 24 at 12:05

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4 answers

121 views

How to translate website moderator?

asked Oct 30, 2022 at 14:26

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4 answers

464 views

Translation of Stack Exchange’s “upvote”

asked Jan 16, 2022 at 8:46

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4 answers

172 views

Is there a chengyu to mean "undeserved reward" or "undeserved luck"?

asked Jul 1, 2020 at 13:31

1 vote

3 answers

488 views

Can a 为什么 question be rhetorical in Chinese?

asked Aug 23, 2020 at 21:43

0 votes

1 answer

92 views

Why the name 中元节 for hungry ghost festival?

asked Sep 2, 2020 at 11:10

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21 Questions

What's the difference between classifiers and measure words?

How did 贼 come to mean "extremely"?

Is there an idiomatic way to express 乱说 or 胡说八道 in an elegant way?

What is the origin of the word 鬻?

What's the difference between etymology and glyph origin?

How to properly translate "to deserve" while preserving its moral implication?

Where does 别间 ("other") as in 别间大学 come from?

What is the role of chengyu (成语) in a sentence?

What's the meaning of 虚化 in Chinese linguistics?

Is there a chengyu to describe small-time thieves or scoundrels with a playful connotation?

Is there a chengyu to mean "walk with one's own legs"

What is the meaning of 元亨利贞 in the I-Ching?

Why is 灸 pronounced jiu1?

What is the colloquial meaning of 小祖宗？

Why “to drink water” in Shanghainese is 吃茶?

How to understand 之所以

How to translate website moderator?

Translation of Stack Exchange’s “upvote”

Is there a chengyu to mean "undeserved reward" or "undeserved luck"?

Can a 为什么 question be rhetorical in Chinese?

Why the name 中元节 for hungry ghost festival?