"Master the essence of solid"

Language Log 2023-05-25

Summary:

From the website for Royal China Group, a famous Chinese restaurant group in London: The problem begins at the beginning:  jingcui 精粹 does not mean "master"; it means "essence". The entire text reads as follows: Zhōngguó yǐnshí wénhuà bódàjīngshēn,Huángcháo nǔlì bùxiè yánshǒu zhèngzōng chuántǒng Yuècài de fēnggé,bìng zài wèijué de lǐngyù zhōng xúnqiú túpò,zhǎngwò gùzhōng jīngcuì […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=58775&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=master-the-essence-of-solid

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Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

grammar

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

05/25/2023, 06:01

Date published:

05/25/2023, 04:48