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The 的-地 mystery

Every learner of Chinese has feelings about the 3 de’s, 的-地-得. Well over the past couple years, I have noticed numerous instances of 的 used instead of 地 in Taiwanese Mandarin dictionaries. But it was a Taiwan Ministry of Education dictionary—they certainly know better than I do, right? So started doubting my understanding of 的 vs. 地.

Screenshots from Pleco MOEDict:

【匆忙】 他匆忙的走过去。

(Cōngmáng) Tā cōngmáng 的 zǒu guòqù.

【历历在目】 清清楚楚的呈现在眼前。

(Lìlìzàimù) Qīngqīngchǔchǔ 的 chéngxiàn zài yǎnqián.

【若无其事】 发生了这么严重的事，你怎么还若无其事的在这儿喝茶？

(Ruòwúqíshì) Fāshēngle zhème yánzhòng de shì, nǐ zěnme hái ruòwúqíshì 的 zài zhè'er hē chá?

As I noticed more and more instances, I grew increasingly perplexed. I’ve been studying Chinese for so long, so I was pretty confident I understand how to use 地! Finally, this week I learned the explanation: at some point, the Taiwan MOE decided you can use 的 in place of 地, and the school curriculum was revised.

MOE online dictionary entry:

（4）置于副词后。同「地」。如：「慢��的走」、「高高的飞」。

(4) Placed after an adverb. Same as 「地」. For example: 「mànmàn 的 zǒu」, 「gāogāo 的 fēi」.

So finally, the mystery is solved. This certainly explains a lot! But how confusing for us learners, especially because, from my understanding, using 的 like this would just be plain incorrect in Mainland China (although I’m sure some native speakers make this mistake).

So what do Taiwanese people think of 的-地? Well some are not a fan.

Facebook post from MOE:

3. 置于副词后，同「地」；如：「慢慢的走」

3. Placed after an adverb, same as 「地」; e.g. 「mànmàn 的 zòu」

Comments from said Facebook post:

副词地已经放弃了吗？

Has adverbial 地 been abandoned?

不要再慢慢“的”走了……只能接受慢慢地走

No more walking slowly with 的...I’ll only accept walking slowly with 地

解释3为什么不用“地”？？

Why doesn’t definition 3 use "地"? ?

A：明明小学教过【3.】���能用“地”不是用“的”，并且“的、得、地”得分清楚；现今不知道什么时候才开始说：“都能用。”，是因为轻声时都同音吗？

A: Obviously we were taught in elementary school that for [3.] only “地” can be used and not “的”, and that “的、得、地” must be distinguished clearly; I don’t know when people started saying “All of them can be used.” Is it because they have the same pronunciation with in the neutral tone?

B：国小64课纲就已经取消地了、至今也有45年以上

B: It was already abolished in the 64 elementary school curriculum, it’s been over 45 years

过了几年，教育部发现大家还是不会分：“的”是形容词，“地”是副词。所以干脆废除“地”

After a few years, the Ministry of Education found that people still couldn't differentiate them: "的" is an adjective, and "地" is an adverb. So they simply abolished "地".

The Facebook comments reminds me of how older generations complain about young people using “like” and “literally” too liberally in English. I’m sure your language has something similar that gets people riled up! We are all so very human.

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監視錄影中，工區週邊請勿亂丟垃圾

「就算我這麼說，你還是會做吧」

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It always feels extremely gratifying when a word I think will never be terribly useful turns up again in unexpected circumstances (ie the flight attendant not having any English customs forms directly on hand so I told her just give me the Chinese one).

麝香 shèxiāng / musk

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Beg pardon??

I thiiiink the designer intended this to be used on a different size surface 🤔

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Facial feature terms in Chinese

Since I started reading in Chinese, I've been bombarded by numerous different terms for describing faces. Here's a list—non-exhaustive as it's only ones I've read and recalled. I left off really simple ones like 眼睛 and 嘴巴. Many of these are more literary that you wouldn't use in conversation.

Eyes

眼眸 yǎnmóu - eyes

眼帘（眼簾）yǎnlián - eyes / eyesight

双眸（雙眸）shuāngmóu - one's pair of eyes

双眼（雙眼）shuāngyǎn - the two eyes

眼球 yǎnqiú - eyeball / attention

眼珠子 yǎnzhūzi - eyeball / the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)

眼皮 yǎnpí - eyelid

眼睑（眼瞼）yǎnjiǎn - eyelid

睫毛 jiémáo - eyelashes

眸子 móuzi - pupil

瞳仁 tóngrén - pupil

瞳孔 tóngkǒng - pupil

瞳眸 tóngmóu - pupil / one's eyes

眼眶 yǎnkuàng - eye socket / rim of the eye

目眦 mùzì - eye socket

眼尾 yǎnwěi - outer corner of the eye

眼角 yǎnjiǎo - outer or inner corner of the eye

凤眼（鳳眼）fèngyǎn - phoenix eyes (eyes with raised outer corners)

杏眼 xìngyǎn - large, round eyes

Mouth

嘴唇 zuǐchún - lip

双唇（雙唇）shuāngchún - both lips

上唇 shàngchún - upper lip

下唇 xiàchún - lower lip

嘴角 zuǐjiǎo - corner of the mouth

口角 kǒujiǎo - corner of the mouth

法令纹（法令紋）fǎlìngwén - nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines

Nose

鼻翼 bíyì - the wings of the nose / the skin and cartilage that forms the nostrils

鼻梁 bíliáng - bridge of the nose

鼻孔 bíkǒng - nostril

鼻尖 bíjiān - tip of the nose

Brow

前额（前額）qián'é - forehead

额头（額頭）étóu - forehead

眉宇 méiyǔ - forehead / features

脑门（腦門）nǎomén - forehead

额角（額角）éjiǎo - forehead / temples

眉毛 méimao - eyebrow

眉头（眉頭）méitóu - brows

双眉（雙眉）shuāngméi - both eyebrows

眉心 méixīn - (the space) between the eyebrows

眉间（眉間）méijiān - flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella

Temple

太阳穴（太陽穴）tàiyángxué - temple

发鬓（髮鬢）fàbìn - temples / hair on the temples

两鬓（兩鬢）liǎngbìn - both temples

鬓角（鬢角）bìnjiǎo - sideburns / temples / hair on the temples

Cheeks

脸颊（臉頰）liǎnjiá - cheek

腮帮子（腮幫子）sāibāngzi - cheek

颧骨（顴骨）quángǔ - cheek bone

酒窝（酒窩）jiǔwō - dimple

梨涡（梨渦）líwō - dimples (of a woman)

Ears

耳畔 ěrpàn - ears

耳垂 ěrchuí - earlobe

耳根 ěrgēn - base of the ear / ear

耳洞 ěrdòng - ear piercing hole

Definitions are adapted from MDBG.

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Day 627 of the PhD

Romanticising the PhD to make it feel less daunting this week .

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Porto, Portugal by scwilder

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day 2 of the challenge: i finished a whole chapter (*´∀`)♪

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I was watching a bootleg of an English-language show that came with Chinese subs stuck on, and they translated "I thought maybe you were practising your resting bitch face" as "我還以為你在練習你的苦瓜臉" which I thought was fantastic (although some searching indicated perhaps "天生苦瓜臉" is slightly more accurate for describing one's god-given grumpy countenance).

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[06-12-24, Friday]

today it took me forever to get out of bed, i never feel bad after a night out but man was i knackered. Honestly only thing that made me get up was the italki classs I had at midday, which I was cursing myself for getting, although I signed up for today before knowing about the Christmas dinner.

but hey we made it out of bed and it was a great class! very intense tho, the grammar point we covered today was a bit confusing and i felt you could see the gears turning in my head trying to understand. will definitely have to work on it before my next one, but learning hard things feels like I'm making progress, so that's nice.

didn't have the energy to do much besides the lesson, so today I just did:

45 mins of italki class

30 mins of getting my messy post it notes into my notion and writing everything down so I don't forget next time I go over it

Besides the grammar we did some speaking exercise with work related vocabulary and I feel like it was really useful since its vocab I'm using everyday!

I have busy weekend ahead with lots of papers to do, but feeling good about the studying :)

I ran out of fall pics, and it doesn't feel like fall anymore, so now I'm getting to my winter pics from the last time I was in Finland during the winter. Hopefully I'll be back next year <3

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december 6, 2024 - i think photosynthesis and cellular respiration are so fun to learn 😭😭

༊࿐ ͎. ｡˚ ° ⊹ ˚.

6 de diciembre de 2024 - creo aprender la fotosíntesis y respiración celulares son muy divertido 😭😭

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love is real and today i found it in khalil gibran’s book the prophet that was sitting lonely on a windowsill with a “to give away” sign next to it

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How to call out for help in sign language by 高的手语日记

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Inked in Shadows: A Study of Contrast and Couture

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It’s weird to grow up in a family where you know you’re loved but you don’t feel loved. And then later in adulthood you understand how almost impossible it seems to cross that distance and let yourself experience closeness, how otherworldly love feels now and how love feels unbearable at times. You flinch when someone tries to wholeheartedly love you. And over and over you see so clearly how you cannot be loved unless it's from afar and love is mixed with that familiar sensation of distance and coldness.