It was the fitting into Confucian patterns of conduct and of family and community life rather than blood kinship or ancestry which labeled one as civilized and as Chinese. The sentence is correct and your analysis is right. It is a preparatory

Hi everyone, In the following sentences below, what do you think the subject of the last sentence is? Just "It" or the words "which labeled one as civilized and as Chinese"? I'm confused whether the

Yes... and I think that people would say " I very happy " instead of " I happy " - an adverb is required here.

Hmm, your observation is partially correct. There's no "is" in context such as this in Chinese, contexts that involves attributes, conditions, situations etc. (there may be more, but that's all I can think of now. Maybe other

And, the "is" is needed if the adj. is followed by a noun: He is a nice person ( equivalent to "he very nice" ) also needed when there's no adjective: The Sun is a sphere

This is interesting... I think if that person meant "he looks like an giant", it should be something like "he very big" / "he quite big" / "he so big" / "he really big" - translated

Nice to meet you! I actually have never gone to China before! Why do you think that I have been in China before? Bye!

I saw a move once where a Chinese character who did not speak good English said things like, "He big," when an English speaker would say, "He is big." I am wondering if this is authentic. If a Chinese person knew English words

Many Chinese like cycling and they often go to work or school by bike. A British man named Mark Beaumont also loves cycling. But different from others, he would like to go farther. Recently, he has finished his journey and become the fastest

Are you still live in China now?