浪漫与烂漫，傻傻分不清楚
烂漫（làn màn）与浪漫（làng màn）都是形容词（adjective），发音虽接近，但意思不同……
明字其妙
“一”到底怎么读 How to pronounce “one” correctly
[“一”的变调] Tone change of the Chinese character “一”……
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“风和日丽”与“日丽风和”一样吗？
A friend said his son’s Chinese composition wrote the 成语 “日丽风和” but the teacher marked it wrong and scribbled the supposedly correct version “风和日丽” beside it. My friend was perplexed because he was pretty sure that his son is right, but he just didn’t know how to “challenge” the teacher……
咏和詠，傻傻分不清楚
朋友在追剧，对“白色强人”和最近热播中的“超能使者”的女主角唐诗咏印象深刻，所以好奇问了：她的名字繁体是“詩詠”，简体应该是“诗讠永”才对，为什么会是“诗咏”呢，是不是字幕打错了。“詠”和“咏”是异体字关系，简单来说……
“逝世和驾崩”、“享年和享寿”有何区别？
留意到本地、中国和西方的媒体在报道英女王的离世多用“逝世”和“享年”等词，马国、台湾的媒体则多用“驾崩”和“享寿或享耆寿”。这些词都特指人的离世，它们之间有何区别…
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鹊桥会
Macpherson CC organized a cupid event. Someone commented that the event name in Chinese “鹊桥会”（鹊què）is inauspicious. Was she right?…