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Quotepkchan宣德年製Ming Dynasty Mark and Period of Hsuan-Te(1426~1435A.D.) Huh. Looking up old variants of the characters 年 and 製 I see you're correct. I'd never have guessed they looked like that in seal...
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hello i am half chinese 23 year old female living in uk.i would love to practice speaking the little cantonese i have learnt and want to learn more.in return i can help with your english (all...
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I have a dictionary with them, it's called 七體書法字典 and it's published in Taiwan. However, if you have some seal script 篆書 or whatever characters, you will need to guess how they look in 楷書 before you...
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Hi, you're fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, right? I know Mandarin, and I was wondering if you've found any sort of correlation between the two, because that might make it easier for me to...
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Further to Cecile's message about TVB broadcasting a TV drama called "Journey to the West" a Mainland Chinese drama here is a link to an article in the South China Morning...
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QuoteChanggithe English orthography isn't a Romanization any moreAssigning the graphemes of Latin to the phonemes of a non-Romance language is, by definition, Romanisation. However, I do appreciate...
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QuoteEnigmatism415More specifically, this distinction offers an appreciable benefit in using phonetic input methods–regardless of one's own pronunciation habits–because it cuts down the...
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Thank you pkchan for that and google for the translationXuande furnaceXuande furnace , also known as Vision furnace , especially in the Ming Dynasty Xuande cast bronze censer court . Xuande furnace...
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Its actually Nan3 Yih5 Ji3 Sun3 which means incrediblyFor example: Di Jou1 gam3 gwai3 dou3 nan3 yih5 ji3 sun3The rent is incredibly highCheers,Beardan
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In Australia, 'Journey to the West' was called 'Monkey Magic'. It was great. There was Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and the monk was Tripitaka. At that point i had no idea the show was from China, we knew it...
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That should be "naan4 ji5 zi3 seon3"; mind the tones and vowel length. 難以置信.
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Could someone tell me why he's pretending to be Filipino in the first place? My level is not so good, so I'm watching it for practice, but I don't understand a lot of it, especially the first part.
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外籍人士在澳門出生、長大，其傳統亦成為廣東歷史文化的一部份。我以為廣東人在捍衛主流廣東話之餘，亦理應關注省內不同族裔的訴求。 【人物星期六】捍衞瀕危「土語」 澳門非常律師：係我哋嘅根［圖畧］...
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I`m not going to learn new vocabulary cantonese words or expressions from a dubbed drama.Anything dubbed is FLAT.It angers me that TVB doesn`t appreciate its own production to fit someone else`s...
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My understanding isn't that great either, but it's all a trick by the businessman father. You can see at the ending the undercover cop tries to give the money back because he cares about her. At the...
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I love this move; I've got it at home. He's pretending to be a filipino because the rich girl won't let her dad hire a bodyguard for her. So in order to protect her, he's got to pretend to be the...
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