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10 Ways to Make Fun of Someone
The phrasal verb “make fun of” looks like such an easy combination of words to an English native speaker, but in Chinese it spurs a whole myriad of potential translation options. I came across another great semantic thread when faced with translating it and I’d like to share the Top Ten here.
10+ Ways to Say “Shout”
Synonyms in other languages have always intruiged me, and Chinese is no exception. Why does one language have twenty words for one concept? It’s a perrenial debate, and one that will be forever immortalised in the infamous urban legend about the Eskimo words for snow. Throughout my Chinese studies I’ve come across many such “Eskimo-snow” […]
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