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From :   saturnhexagon

Date : 2008-08-18 / 10:20AM

One would ask, why the distinction for Sunday? But, Xing qi qi would be awkward so I understand the different word (tian)other than qi. Xie Xie, Benny!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-08-18 / 09:30PM

First of all, Sunday was a very special day in ancient times, that’s why they named it under the name the sky which is “tiān”, it means “sky and day”

Also “xīng qī qī” doesn’t sound nice.

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2008-08-18 / 09:30PM

First of all, Sunday was a very special day in ancient times, that’s why they named it under the name the sky which is “tiān”, it means “sky and day”

Also “xīng qī qī” doesn’t sound nice.

Benny



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