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Chinese Symbols for By Luck

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Summary: Learn Chinese symbols for "by luck" with tips on writing and pronouncing Chinese characters from a Chinese language teacher in this free video on Chinese words and phrases.

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By Bo Feng, eHow Presenter

Bo Feng is an experienced Chinese/English translator and interpreter. He has worked for Chinese International Travel Services, Lingnan Art Publishing House and Phillips Petroleum. Feng...read more

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"Chinese writing is very different from most other languages in the world. In the Chinese writing system, Chinese symbols represent each character which corresponds to a single spoken syllable. A majority of words in all modern varieties of Chinese require two or more characters to write. Many Chinese characters were adopted according to their meaning by the Japanese and Korean languages to represent native words, disregarding pronunciation altogether. Chinese characters are also considered to be the world's longest continuously used writing system."

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