there are literally living dialects of Mandarin Chinese (as in intelligible to Beijingers) spoken in Kazakhstan. Arguably China’s most famous poet, Li Bai, was born in modern Kyrgyzstan.
there are literally living dialects of Mandarin Chinese (as in intelligible to Beijingers) spoken in Kazakhstan. Arguably China’s most famous poet, Li Bai, was born in modern Kyrgyzstan.
fun fact, there’s a variety of mandarin still spoken in central asia, now written in cyrillic
一切 = all + exact = all without exception
反动 = counter + movement = reactionary
派 = dispatch (original meaning. right side depicts water branching off a river, left side enforces this meaning) = party (loan from english as pai4)