Chinese lessons for first year students in West China by Kilborn Omar L. (Omar Leslie) 1867-1920

Author:Kilborn, Omar L. (Omar Leslie), 1867-1920
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Chinese language -- Conversation and phrase books English, Chinese language -- Dialects Mandarin
Publisher: [s.l.] : Union University
Published: 1917-09-09T16:00:00+00:00

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330 You may go and call three chair-bearers and two load coolies.

See 297. ^t ^ TIAO^ FU^ carry-with-shoulder-pole men, load coolies. Also commonly called M •? GIO- DZ^ ^ TIAOS to carry by means of a pole across the shoulders.

331 You go and argue prices for a little, and come back and report.

See 288. f^ GIA"*, price ; used as a dissyllable as fR ^ GIA} TSIEN=^.

332 When Wang Chang-Hsin returned, he said

333 he wants 650 cash a stage.

The cost of chair-bearers and load coolies is usually reckoned by the stage, and this varies from 80 to 120 //■ a day. — ^ I- DJANS a stage, one stage. Same word as we had in 307, meaning to stand still.

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334 For less than this, they will not go. >> SHAO^ less.

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