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[quote=ZOEY,274589]What are quantifiers? Many foreign Chinese learners have no idea about them. Once a Chinese teacher asks his foreign students to explain what “一条好汉” means. One student answers in a very imaginative way. He writes: “ ‘一条好汉’,意思就是一个瘦而高、相貌好看的男人。(‘一条好汉’ means a tall, think but good looking man)” He thinks that “一条”means “长而直 (long and straight)”and “好汉” means “模样好看的男人 (good looking man)”。Another student made a mistake of using “一张”。 He once told his teacher that he saw “一张兔子(a rabbit)” on the road. His teacher corrected him that he should say “一只兔子 (a rabbit)”, not “一张兔子”. He said in a serious way: "It should be “一张兔子” because that rabbit has been crushed by the car so that it is as thin as a sheet of paper. What’s more, he told his teacher that it should be “一对裤子(a pair of trousers)”, not “一条裤子” because a pair of trousers have two legs. How funny it is! Do you make such mistakes when learning Chinese?[/quote]
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