Fascinating Chinese Language

Author: Shi Wei Gong
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Publishing Date: 2001-10-01
Features: This book is divided into four parts: "Riddles of Pronunciation," "Riddles of Grammar," "Riddles of Vocabulary," and "Riddles of Chinese Characters." It introduces the fun of homophones, the folk customs of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, interesting facts about sentence structure and function words, the evolution of word meanings from ancient to modern times, and the history and culture of Chinese characters.