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What is the function of ZHU (住) in "你抓住這條繩"?

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How to distinguish the usage of LAI (來) and QU (去) in compound words?

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What is the difference between "看見" and "看得見"?

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What is the function of HUA (化) in "老化"?

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Where should the head of a verb be placed in a compound verb?

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What is the default position of the head of a nominal in a disyllabic compound?

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What are the features of compound words in Mandarin?

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What is the difference between LE (了) in "他喝了一口水" and "草草了事"?

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What is the function of MEN (們) in Mandarin?

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What are the features of character "字" and word "詞" in Chinese?

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Does LE (了) mark ‘boundedness’?

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Is there any difference between YE (也), YOU (又) and DOU (都)?

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What is the function of ZHI (之) in Chinese? Can ZHI (之) be replaced by DE (的)?

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How to translate ‘安裝安裝手冊’? What’s unique about Chinese verbs?

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What is the difference between MEI (沒) and BU (不)?

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What is the communicative function of Chinese bare nouns?

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What is the function of SHI (是) in Chinese?

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Why is the degree marker HEN (很) obligatory in "他很高"?

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What is the function of HEN (很) in Chinese?

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How to account for novel usages such as "被失蹤"?

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