 |
|
|
This book will help you use and understand colloquial writing and conversation in Mandarin Chinese. It was developed from scholarly research over the past five years and includes an extensive
worldwide bibliography and cross references. Usefulness in everyday speech was a criterion for the one thousand entries collected here. The scope is broad. Customary expressions of courtesy are included, usually in
several variants. There are also rude sayings and expletives - always advantageous to understand, although the speaker employs them at his or her own risk! Slang words, not likely to be explained in Chinese to English
dictionaries, form another category in the treasury of colloquial speech. |
|
|
