Saturday 30 August 2014

Nouveaux riches and pollutants in new Chinese dictionary

SINO DAILY
Nouveaux riches and pollutants in new Chinese dictionary
Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2014 - A new Chinese dictionary backed by the national language regulator offers a glimpse into the social and environmental concerns of the citizenry, adding nearly 100 phrases to the lexicon, a report said Thursday. The additions to the third edition of the Standard Dictionary of Modern Chinese "underscore characteristics of the time", publishing house Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press ... more


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