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Top English Phrases Borrowed from Chinese

Although a debate currently rages amongst Chinese academics, linguists and lexicographers over English’s place within the Chinese dictionary, English speakers all over the world continue to use bits and pieces of the Chinese language on a daily basis, through various phrases and loanwords previously “borrowed” from Chinese. Here are the top 10 Chinese phrases that made it over the Great Wall and into the vocabularies of English speakers everywher, with a few that might just surprise you.

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Going to a Gym 01

PK: 教练,对不起,我的跑步机怎么停了?(Jiàoliàn, duìbùqǐ, wǒ de pǎobùjī zěnme tínɡ le?) (The coach inspects the machine.) Coach: 让我看看。(Rànɡ wǒ kànkɑn.) Coach: 对不起,这个机器坏了,用不了了。(Duìbùqǐ,

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