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Both your examples seem to be a problem for someone learning english (i.e. there's a specific word for cow meat), but not a problem for someone learning Chinese
by gricardo99 8y ago
Both your examples seem to be a problem for someone learning english (i.e. there's a specific word for cow meat), but not a problem for someone learning Chinese. Perhaps I'm missing your point, but if I come across a word that translates to "cow meat", I also know that as "beef" in english, but it's perfectly understandable to me as "cow meat".
But going the other way, for someone learning english though, this is a problem. They may very well understand and know "cow meat", but have no idea about the word "beef" if they have not encountered it before.
- philliphaydon 8y agoSure I know cow meat is beef. But what I find hard is knowing when 2/3/4 characters together mean a specific English word. So when trying to read something I find it hard to figure out when I should and shouldn’t combine characters. I’m struggling a bit to learn. Picking up speaking better for me.
- ronilan 8y agoExactly. Just like 对不起人 translates to “Canadians” ;)