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| Processed by: | vermillon (2015-01-14 08:58:31 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 53351 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> A K LA TP ~ 除了春耕時節鵑鳥啼，在沒有化學藥劑時代，杜鵑鳥以甲蟲、蝗蟲、飛蛾為主食，是農家的好幫手，也可能因此成為催耕的最佳候選「鳥」。 Apart from singing in the spring plowing season, in the age before chemical pesticides the cuckoos also helped farmers by eating beetles, locusts and moths. This made them an even better candidate as the bird to urge farmers to plant their fields. We used to define 候選 as "(adj) candidate", which made a lot of sense. Dropping (adj) makes it look like it means "a candidate". Actually, I don't mind reverting to that definition. It seems like it might be a good entry to make an exception to the rule of "no parts of speech". Some precedents: - 本科 本科 [ben3 ke1] /undergraduate course/undergraduate (adjective)/ - 雙生 双生 [shuang1 sheng1] /twin (adjective)/twins/ - 行政 行政 [xing2 zheng4] /administrative/executive (adjective)/ |
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# 候選人 候选人 [hou4 xuan3 ren2] /candidate/CL:名[ming2]/ - 候選 候选 [hou4 xuan3] /candidate/ # + 候選 候选 [hou4 xuan3] /to be a candidate/ + 候選 候选 [hou4 xuan3] /candidate (adjective)/ |