束, originally tied firewood/wood/timber, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. 束 is compound ideograph. Continue reading “束 tied firewood”
Different kinds of “many” in Chinese set phrases
In Chinese, you can simply use “很多”, “许多”, “好多”, etc to describe a large quantity of people, things, or abstract concepts, e.g. 广场上有好多人；我哥哥每天都有很多事情要去做；他的心里充满了太多的悲伤; etc, however, in this way you can’t feel the vivid effects, Continue reading “Different kinds of “many” in Chinese set phrases”
Suffix 家 and its formula
Chinese suffixes are very productive to make new words. If it were not for them, we would have to learn many new characters. The suffix 家 is one of them. Continue reading “Suffix 家 and its formula”
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Prefix 可 and its formula
The character 可 can act as a prefix to turn verbs into adjectives. Check out the magical formula of 可. Continue reading “Prefix 可 and its formula”