Pure conversation
Language Log 2016-09-07
Summary:
In "Annals of literary vs. vernacular, part 2" (9/4/16), we saw how Chairman Xi badly bungled a literary quotation. Now we find that, in the same speech, the Chairman may be said to have misinterpreted a literary term, qīngtán 清谈 ("pure conversation"). On the Btime news website, there's an article titled "Xí zhǔxí suǒ shuō […]