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nicholas
Date : 2008-12-03 / 11:20PM
I realised tht some people like to put ‘diao’ at the back of some words, like ‘si diao’, ‘guan diao’. What dies the diao here mean?
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| | Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com
2008-12-04 / 09:02PM | | Hi Nicholas, the original meaning for “diao” is “to lose, to drop”
Here “diao” indicate the completion of a certain action
Benny
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