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Why It's Hard to Say “I Love You” in Chinese

Written byAbby Liu

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Read this post in Español, عربي, Português, Français, 繁體中文, Ελληνικά
Posted 16 February 2014 4:47 GMT

Roseann Lake from ChinaFile explores why it's hard for Chinese to say “I Love You” in their own language from historical and sociological perspectives. The piece has also introduced an experiment about Chinese brain and its relation to love and romance. 

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