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Dreaming in Chinese, Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language, Deborah Fallows

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Dreaming in Chinese, Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language, Deborah Fallows

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dreaming in Chinese

Nature of contents

bibliography

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555654229

Responsibility statement

Deborah Fallows

Sub title

Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language

Table Of Contents

Wŏ ài nĭ! = I love you! : the grammar of romance -- Bú yào! = Don't want, don't need! : when rude is polite -- Shī, Shí, Shĭ, Shì = Lion, ten, to make, to be : language play as a national sport -- Dăbāo = Do you do takeout? : why the Chinese hear tones, and we don't -- Lăobăixìng = Common folk : China's Ordinary Joe -- Nĭ hăo, Wŏ jiào Mínyì = Hello, my name is Public Opinion : a brief introduction to Chinese names -- Dōngbĕi = Eastnorth : finding your way in China-- the semantics of time and place -- Wŏ, Nĭ, Tā, Tā, Tā = I, you, he, she, it : disappearing pronouns and the sense of self -- Rènao = Hot-and-noisy : think like the Chinese think -- Tīng bù dŏng = I don't understand : a billion people, countless dialects -- Hànzì = Characters ; the essence of being Chinese -- Bù kĕyĭ = Not allowed : rules to follow and rules to break -- Dìzhèn = Earthquake : out of calamity, tenderness -- Nĭ de Zhōngwĕn hĕn hăo! = Your Chinese is really good! : a little goes a long way

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Mandarin lessons in life, love, and language

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