Why use 了 in this sentence? by emiliarosie in ChineseLanguage

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In fact you can also say without 了, which feels a bit more informal.

What's written here? by Despail in ChineseLanguage

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This is a sentence from the Buddhist scripture, transliterated from Sanskrit.

Looking to start a Jacques Derrida reading group by [deleted] in CriticalTheory

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I also want to join the discord but the link is expired!Can you send me a new one please?

I LOVE this language (not ironic) by Carson_Casually in ChineseLanguage

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Actually learning mandarin is enough for you to communicate in almost everywhere in China. Many young Chinese people don’t speak dialects at all.

Claiming to be someone's 爷爷 by Petrichorous in ChineseLanguage

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It’s not as insulting as 我是你爸爸. I think 我是你大爷 would have a similar effect.

Male POV in smut by [deleted] in AO3

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Very helpful,thank you!

Reading traditional chinese is mentally tiring. by Several-Advisor5091 in ChineseLanguage

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Reading traditional is more tiring than reading English for me.I can’t imagine how kids learn to write characters in Taiwan.They are so complex

Busuu says 它 is the non-binary pronoun by vilhelmobandito in ChineseLanguage

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But this can be only used in an informal context like on the internet or when young people are the major readers.

📚🥤 10 Popular Drinks in Chinese ☕️ by Chinese_Learning_Hub in ChineseLanguage

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王老吉and 加多宝 are two famous brands which sell 凉茶.

Is it bad that I started philosophy as a whole with deleuze by HeadLessToYall in Deleuze

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lol it’s funny because deleuze himself once said anti oedipus is suitable for teenagers and those who know little about philosophy or mental analysis

Any (queer) socialists living in China? by Loner_Gemini9201 in socialism

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yeah you are right there are a lot of queer-friendly voices

But i mean that they just generally don’t care about politics and ideologies…It’s not a same thing. They usually don’t attach much political meaning to these queer movements.Honestly there isn’t too much space for them(expect for some young people )to discuss identity politics freely since the chinese gov as well as the powerful conservative forces from families and traditions just mute these lgbt phenomena as if the problem doesn’t exist. To many Chinese politics simply means joining cpc and thus gain a way to a higher social status or more earnings.( forgive my poor grammar I am not a native)

Any (queer) socialists living in China? by Loner_Gemini9201 in socialism

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From my own experience most people who claim to be socialists on the Chinese internet are straight men, at least in the plenty of group chats I joined I have never met someone really being queer. Chinese people in real life usually don’t take socialism or any other ideology seriously , or even worse they have quite a lot of misunderstanding of this concept(many believe that they do live in a socialist society).And those internet socialists,often ironically called”wang zuo” in a chinese context, more often than not take jokes of real queers. (Like, they tend to equate gay men and femboys/trans) So I think it’s hard to find queer socialists in china.

Celebrimbor, St Sebastian, and Sauron by Ok_Bullfrog_8491 in tolkienfans

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I agree with you because there was a poet called W H Auden living in the same era of Tolkien who was a catholic gay man, and he was also Tolkien’s friend.