What does 左 mean in Chinese?
What does 左 mean in Chinese? The obvious answer is, of course, “left.” But, come on, that’s boring. Let’s have some fun with this. And, …
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What does 左 mean in Chinese? The obvious answer is, of course, “left.” But, come on, that’s boring. Let’s have some fun with this. And, …
Literally, ‘吃鸡’ means ‘eat chicken’ in Chinese. But recently, it has extended meaning as an online buzzword — referring the popular game 绝地求生:大逃杀 or PlayerUnknown’s …
You can separate this name to two parts:徐 is regarded as surname, which is succeeded from the family, and 若滢 as first name, which contains …
Funny story, that. There actually was a time where those two characters were simplified. Following the huge success of the first round simplification in 1956, …
Ah, so you are trying to translate Wei Zheng’s analects. The full quote is: “吾十有五而志于学,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳顺,七十而从心所欲,不逾矩。” An approximative translation would be: “At fifteen, I was focused …
Despite both being spelt Lee, the way it is pronounced in England and the USA is quite different when sounded in Mandarin and again in …
How do you translate 好汉不吃眼前亏 into English? Literal meaning of each component: 好汉 (hero, “a real man”) 不 (does not) 眼前 (“in front of the …
Chinese netizens love using abbreviations. “nmsl” is just an abbreviation used as an internet slang. NM$L/nmsl : Never Mind the Scandal and Liber. In Chinese, …
我不累。 I’m not tired. 因为汉字是二维的,而字母文字是一维的。 Because Chinese characters are two-dimensional and alphabetic letters are one-dimensional. 所以实际上,写汉字可以在更少的空间内放下更多的内容。 So in fact, writing Chinese characters allows you to …
Yes. Only if you use correct tones can we understand your speech. We native Chinese speakers do not understand Chinese songs without reading lyrics, only …