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Let’s talk about sex
Sex-related phrases have all kinds of connotations—make sure you’re aware of them before using them
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Chinese Movie Translations: Winter 2017
The best and worst translations of foreign films hitting cinemas in recent times
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Digitizing the Oroqen
A researcher tries to preserve one of China’s dying minority languages online
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Chinese Nicknames for Celebs, Part 3
Continuing our series on localized monikers for Western stars
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Character Assassination
For mainland fans of Traditional Chinese, character reforms are no joking matter
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The ancient origins of the latest buzzword
What does ‘Remain true to our original aspiration’ mean?
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The magic word for addressing strangers
Lady? Miss? Waiter? Chinese has many ways to address people, and they’re all risky. But there’s an easy solution.
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