Gather "Modern Chinese Dictionary" -- Review and Correction of "Modern Chinese Dictionary"

Author: Chen Xiucun
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features:
- Using the Modern Chinese Dictionary as a reference book to study the Modern Chinese Dictionary
- Using the Modern Chinese Dictionary as a reference book to revise the Modern Chinese Dictionary
- Using the Modern Chinese Dictionary as a reference book to suggest revisions to the Modern Chinese Dictionary
- Using the Modern Chinese Dictionary as a reference book to offer advice on the Modern Chinese Dictionary
Focusing on the Modern Chinese Dictionary takes the Modern Chinese Dictionary (1996 revised edition) as the research subject, reviewing and correcting it in terms of definitions, example sentences, formatting, phonetic annotations, word selection, and search methods. "The Modern Chinese Dictionary is indeed an authoritative dictionary, but it also has obvious errors." Chen Xiucun, in the book, gives examples of the dictionary's successes and shortcomings, such as pointing out that the Modern Chinese Dictionary uses non-standard characters: "rě shì fēi," "zhāo rě shì fēi," "rě shì shēng fēi," and "rě shì shēng fēi," where "shì" and "fēi" are used together or alternately to refer to trouble or harm, but some write "rě shì shēng fēi" while others write "rě shì shēng fēi," leaving readers confused.