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Which is more difficult to learn?
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Andy_Liu
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05 October 2006 at 3:59am | IP Logged

Sorry for not making this gan clear. The YANG (positive) is synonymous to QIAN. This QIAN is the 乾 which was not simplified into 干 perhaps because it refers to Qianlong Emperor and the QIAN concept. In a Chinese-Chinese dictionary, this exception was mentioned as a footnote - that is to explain such ambiguity.
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Hencke
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Message 26 of 27

05 October 2006 at 9:15am | IP Logged

Andy_Liu wrote:

The YANG (positive) is synonymous to QIAN. This QIAN is the 乾 which was not simplified into 干 ...

Thanks, that makes it clearer.
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sebngwa3
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08 January 2010 at 2:47am | IP Logged

solidsnake wrote:

CHARLIE:

A very good friend of mine (who is a certified whiteboy from
colorado) has studied korean for about 5 years now, works fulltime
for the Chouson (dont ask me to spell it) newspaper as the HEAD
TRANSLATOR. He is trying to get into UN translation, but is literally
flown in to korea from the states to do on the spot translation for
celeb interviews. He's 24. Any language is possible if youre are
talented enough, Ive studied mandarin for a bit over a year, and can
converse pretty fluently and certainly accurately pronunciation-wise.

Wow, what's his name?

Edited by sebngwa3 on 08 January 2010 at 2:47am

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