Never make these mistakes in Chinese 91

Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.

          Jīnnián de chǎnliànɡ tíɡāo le zuǒyòu bǎifēnzhī shí.
False: 今年的产量提高了左右百分之十。
          Jīnnián de chǎnliànɡ tíɡāo le bǎifēnzhī shí zuǒyòu.
True: 今年的产量提高了百分之十左右。

左右百分之十是about 10 per cent的直译。在汉语中,左右是也许多一些,也许少一些的意思,表示大约的数目,应放在百分之十的后边。
左右百分之十 is the word-to-word interpretation of "about 10 per cent". Meaning "more or less" in Chinese, 左右 is used to indicate a rough number. It must be placed after 百分之十.

 

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