Vocabulary, idioms, word lists . . .

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1. Random new word of the day 1 2 3 4 117

   By roddy, September 17, 2007 at 11:24 PM
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   • lordsuso
   • November 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM

2. What's better than Pleco and Anki these days?

   By vellocet, January 11, 2026 at 04:10 AM
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   • DayFed
   • April 3, 2026 at 01:24 AM

3. What does 招花 mean to anyone? I read it in a book.

   By PoxOnAllHoaxes, November 2, 2025 at 07:08 AM
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   • Bro. Fan
   • November 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM

4. Entomological etymology: 螟蛉 (mínglíng)

   By becky82, October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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   • becky82
   • October 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM

5. What does 这个男孩捉住一只青蛙,但是青蛙又跳跑了mean？

   By PoxOnAllHoaxes, October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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   • lordsuso
   • November 6, 2025 at 09:36 AM

6. recognize Hanzi

   By Kirk, July 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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   • Kirk
   • July 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM

7. 🧠 Chinese Connections – A Daily Puzzle to Boost Your Vocabulary

   By Matthew Kao, May 26, 2025 at 04:36 PM
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   • Matthew Kao
   • June 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM

8. 👋  Looking for Mandarin Learners to Help Test a New Learning Platform

   By Matthew Kao, May 20, 2025 at 01:12 AM
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   • Lu
   • May 29, 2025 at 07:36 AM

9. A Real English to Chinese Dictionary Project

   By cncorrect, March 29, 2025 at 03:14 AM
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   • cncorrect
   • March 29, 2025 at 03:14 AM

10. Bless you!

    By Not Important Who, March 6, 2025 at 09:35 AM
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    • Jive Turkey
    • March 11, 2025 at 04:04 AM

11. How do I read these characters in Chinese?

    By Mall Food 5830, February 23, 2025 at 05:17 AM
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    • cncorrect
    • February 25, 2025 at 01:15 AM

12. Diplomatic words/phrases and their consequences

    By Moshen, February 8, 2025 at 07:33 PM
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    • calculatrix
    • February 10, 2025 at 01:16 PM

13. I have created Hanzi Popup - Chinese popup dictionary for Safari as extension for iOS

    By krmanik, January 22, 2025 at 05:59 AM
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    • krmanik
    • January 22, 2025 at 03:00 PM

14. Saying Goodbye to a Professor

    By Roosevelt, December 8, 2024 at 06:23 AM
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    • honglam
    • December 29, 2024 at 05:50 PM

15. "Are you looking forward to...?/are you excited to...?"

    By Roosevelt, December 3, 2024 at 03:47 AM
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    • Roosevelt
    • December 8, 2024 at 06:24 AM

16. Relevant internet slang word list

    By williamwu123, October 28, 2024 at 06:45 PM
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    • Luxi
    • June 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM

17. 喔了解了 vs 哦了解 vs 噢了解

    By aeitodd, July 24, 2024 at 06:59 PM
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    • honglam
    • July 26, 2024 at 05:44 PM

18. 下课 vs 上完课

    By trasder, July 17, 2024 at 08:41 AM
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    • cncorrect
    • July 18, 2024 at 09:06 AM

19. Why does google-translate keep adding "的" to the end of standalone adjectives?

    By Alice24, March 29, 2024 at 02:47 PM
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    • sanchuan
    • March 30, 2024 at 04:54 PM

20. Annoncing Relingo, a vocabulary accumulation extension

    By Relingo, March 29, 2024 at 03:42 AM
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    • Relingo
    • March 29, 2024 at 03:42 AM

21. Suspicious translation: "It was fun" - 这很有趣

    By Alice24, March 26, 2024 at 08:17 AM
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    • Alice24
    • March 26, 2024 at 12:54 PM

22. Most common chengyu patterns

    By lordsuso, February 25, 2024 at 09:38 PM
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    • lordsuso
    • March 3, 2024 at 07:30 PM

23. Use of 藏龙卧虎 (chengyu)?

    By Ledu, February 17, 2024 at 01:59 PM
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    • laoyumi
    • February 22, 2024 at 07:20 AM

24. 是用 is correct ?

    By theophane, February 16, 2024 at 05:14 PM
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    • Olivia1
    • February 22, 2024 at 02:12 PM

25. Can 布 be used as a verb on its own, i.e. not as part of a compound?

    By miri83, February 8, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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    • honglam
    • February 12, 2024 at 05:57 PM