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Change log entry 87859
Processed by: richwarm (2025-01-15 06:05:04 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 80880 - submitted by 'braulio' >>
"定惯词你也知道" from hellotalk and the definition from chatgpt
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Editor: There are a few ways your submissions can be improved so that they don't unnecessarily create work for us editors. For example,

1. Pay attention to pinyin format:
a) Don't use tone marks ("dìng" should be "ding4")
b) Combine syllables (if you think 定惯词 is a word, the pinyin should be "ding4guan4ci2", not "ding4 guan4 ci2").

2. Give us more context and, if possible, more examples of usage.
We have a better chance of figuring out what "定惯词你也知道" is supposed to mean if you give us more context.

3. If you ask a bot a question, quote the *question* in your submission, not just the answer.
You write "definition from chatgpt" -- OK, but what did you *ask* ChatGPT?

Actually, if you ask ChatGPT "Is 定惯词 a word in Chinese?", you get an answer that starts with something like what it said to me: ""定惯词" is not a standard or commonly recognized term in Chinese." Other bots say things like "No, "定惯词" is not a proper word or term in Chinese." or "No, "定惯词" is not a standard word in Chinese." Or you can try Googling. Google finds only 265 results for "定惯词", which strongly suggests that what the bots say is correct. Please do some basic checks like this before you submit.

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定惯词 may be a typo for 定冠词, and if we had more context from you, we could probably resolve the matter more easily.
Diff:
# 定慣詞 定惯词 [[dìng4 guàn4 cí2]] /fixed collocations, set phrases/
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