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Change log entry 76137
Processed by: richwarm (2022-10-24 23:18:24 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 72017 - submitted by 'alta' >>
The spelling of pinyin should be the second tone.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/zh/dictionary/chinese-english/%E8%91%A1%E8%90%84

https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=26380&la=0&powerMode=0
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Editor: As your own reference (the 2nd one) says, 萄 can be pronounced "tao5".

漢語拼音:
pú táo
(語音) pú tao

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Listen to the audio clips of 8 Chinese people saying 葡萄:
https://forvo.com/word/%E8%91%A1%E8%90%84/#zh
Diff:
# - 葡萄 葡萄 [pu2 tao5] /grape/
# + 葡萄 葡萄 [pu2 tao2] /grape/

Change log entry 76121
Processed by: richwarm (2022-10-24 05:25:37 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 72018 - submitted by 'alta' >>
The spelling of pinyin should be the second tone.

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/zh/dictionary/chinese-english/%E8%91%A1%E8%90%84

https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=26380&la=0&powerMode=0

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Editor: Your second reference has both pronunciations:
pú táo
(語音) pú tao

And plenty of other dictionaries indicate neutral tone.
Diff:
# - 萄 萄 [tao2] /see 葡萄[pu2 tao5]/
# + 萄 萄 [tao2] /see 葡萄[pu2 tao2]/

Change log entry 75803
Processed by: richwarm (2022-09-17 08:47:10 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 71630 - submitted by 'alta' >>
This is not a canonical term, and there are duplicate, and the replacement "鍛鍊" should be used.
Diff:
- 煅煉 煅炼 [duan4 lian4] /to forge/to toughen/to temper/

Change log entry 71621
Processed by: richwarm (2021-02-21 02:54:35 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 65576 - submitted by 'alta' >>
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%88%E5%AD%97
```
合字、连字、连结字或合体字(英语:Ligature),在西方字体排印学中一般表示将多于一个字母的合成一个字形。如印刷品中常常将拉丁字母两个字母fi的i上一点常与f的一钩合并,而德语字母ß原为ss等等。汉字的合字在不同情况下也称作合文或合体字。
```
Diff:
# 合字 合字 [he2 zi4] /ligature/
+ 合字 合字 [he2 zi4] /(typography) ligature/

Change log entry 68776
Processed by: richwarm (2019-12-27 08:58:53 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 65514 - submitted by 'alta' >>
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zhs/%E8%AF%8D%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AF%AD-%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD-%E7%AE%80%E4%BD%93/briefing

```
information that is given to someone just before they do something, or a meeting where this happens
简报,简要介绍;简明指示;情况介绍会
```
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Editor: Both glosses seem to be appropriate.
But it can also be a written report. See some of the examples below.

BRIEFING
在豪華真皮座椅環繞、冷氣強勁的台北市政府簡報室,
In the well-air-conditioned press briefing room of the Taipei City government,

到高雄向一百多位客戶介紹王安電腦的功能時,他破碎的中文詞彙只限於「王安電腦很便宜、速度很快、很好。」但客戶睜大眼睛、專心聽著他的簡報。
When he went to Kaohsiung to introduce Wang An computer products to more than 100 clients, his fragmented Chinese was limited to "Wang Laboratories computers are very convenient, very fast, very good." But the clients still attentively listened to his briefing.

第三天會程則規劃了各國新聞自由現況簡報,
During the third day of the conference, there were briefings on the current state of press freedom in various countries,

(WRITTEN) REPORT
結果海難發生一年後,倖存者接受追蹤晤談時,許多人的皮夾裡,依然帶著獲救那天拿到的簡報,不過已因一讀再讀而破爛不堪了,可見它的實用性。
One year after the accident, the survivors had a follow-up interview. At that time, many were still carrying the short report which the doctors had given them in their first session in their wallets, its dog-eared state attesting to the number of times it had been read and re-read.

我們看了慈濟的簡報後很心動,
We were quite moved by reading Tzu Chi's report,

ORAL REPORT (briefing)
圖為省環保處官員前來科學園區污水處理廠聽取簡報。
The picture shows officials from the provincial government's Department of Environmental Protection listening to a report by plant employees.

PRESENTATION
因自己做簡報時投影機過熱
had the experience of having an overhead projector become an overheated projector during one of his own presentations
Diff:
- 簡報 简报 [jian3 bao4] /presentation/
# + 簡報 简报 [jian3 bao4] /presentation/briefing/
+ 簡報 简报 [jian3 bao4] /presentation/briefing/(oral or written) brief report/

Change log entry 68746
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2019-12-18 09:50:32 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 65475 - submitted by 'alta' >>
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20long%20time%20ago

```
Definition of a long time ago
: far in the past : not at all recently
It happened a long time ago.
```

Editor: this is not an idiom but simply a construct 很+久+以前
Diff:
# 很久以前 很久以前 [Hen3 jiu3 yi3 qian2] /a long time ago (idiom)/
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