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Author

De Mente, Boyé.

Uniform Title NTC's dictionary of China's cultural code words

Title The Chinese have a word for it : the complete guide to Chinese thought and culture / Boyé Lafayette De Mente.

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Chicago : Passport Books, 2000.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	951.0014 D394c 2000	---	Lib Use Only

Description	xvii, 506 pages ; 23 cm
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Note	Originally published: NTC's dictionary of China's cultural code words. Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC Pub. Group, 1996.
Summary	Examines the underlying meanings of more than three hundred key words and expressions from the Chinese language and discusses how they are related to contemporary Chinese culture.
Subject	China -- Social life and customs -- Terminology.
	Chinese language -- Terms and phrases.
	Chinese language -- Terms and phrases. (OCoLC)fst00857559
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
Genre/Form	Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
	Dictionaries.
ISBN	0658010786
	9780658010781