| Change log entry 36881 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2011-07-16 00:25:26 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 35887 - submitted by 'alanwatson' >> I understand that we do not include articles before nouns. (Incidentally, just watched a DVD, English Title "No Strings Attached"; Mandarin title (Taiwan) "飯飯之交", which I thought rather clever. Editor: Yeah, a clever title. We *do* allow articles when it makes the meaning clearer. This is a marginal case, perhaps, but "acquaintance" has an uncountable noun sense as well as the more common countable sense. Wiktionary: Noun acquaintance 1 (uncountable) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy "I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him." 2. ... |
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= 泛泛之交 泛泛之交 [fan4 fan4 zhi1 jiao1] /an acquaintance/ # + 泛泛之交 泛泛之交 [fan4 fan4 zhi1 jiao1] /acquaintance/ |