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电影 (diànyǐng) = movie 🎬 Literally "electric shadows" (电 electric + 影 shadow). What's the best Chinese 电影 you've seen?
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电影 (diànyǐng) = movie 🎬 Literally "electric shadows" (电 electric + 影 shadow). What's the best Chinese 电影 you've seen?

u/LTL-Language-School — 2 hours ago
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零食 (língshí) = snacks 🍿 Built from 零 (bits) + 食 (food) - literally "bits of food." What's your favorite 零食? 👇

u/LTL-Language-School — 5 days ago
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nhà = house / home 🏠 Also acts as a title for professions: nhà văn (writer), nhà báo (journalist), nhà khoa học (scientist)

u/LTL-Language-School — 14 days ago
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回答 (huídá) - to answer or reply. Built from 回 (huí – return) + 答 (dá – answer), so literally "return an answer." What's a question you find hard to 回答?

u/LTL-Language-School — 14 days ago
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咖啡 (kāfēi) - coffee ☕ A loanword, chosen for its sound rather than meaning (both characters have the 口 "mouth" radical, often used for phonetic borrowings). 你每天喝几杯咖啡? (How many cups of coffee do you drink every day?)

u/LTL-Language-School — 18 days ago
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có - tiny but mighty. Means "to have" or "there is/are," and also turns sentences into yes/no questions: bạn có khỏe không? (are you well?)

u/LTL-Language-School — 19 days ago
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彩虹 (cǎihóng) - rainbow 🌈 Breaks down as 彩 (cǎi – color) + 虹 (hóng – rainbow). When was the last time you saw a 彩虹?

u/LTL-Language-School — 21 days ago
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tiền = money. Fill in the blank: Nếu có nhiều tiền, tôi sẽ ___ (If I had lots of money, I would ___). Drop your answer below 👇

u/LTL-Language-School — 21 days ago
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biết = to know. Covers knowing facts, people, and knowing how to do something - tôi biết bơi (I know how to swim), bạn có biết không? (do you know?). What's something you mới biết (just learned) about Vietnamese?

u/LTL-Language-School — 25 days ago
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画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) - literally "draw a snake, add feet" 🐍 From an old story where a man lost a drawing contest by adding legs to his already-finished snake

u/LTL-Language-School — 25 days ago