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ID: 1067 Advanced
中国什么朝代以胖为美？中国什么朝代出了唯一一个女皇？为什么华人被称为“唐人”？为什么世界各地的华人聚居处被称为“唐人街”？经济才是硬道理，唐朝是当时世界上最强大的国家之一，也是中国人心中永远的辉煌盛世。今天，就让我们一起走近盛世唐朝吧！
Mon Jan 05 2009 | Jenny , Connie
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小向，我问你，为什么世界各地的 "China Town " 都被翻译成"唐人街"，而不是"中国城" 呢？
Xiǎo Xiàng ，wǒ wèn nǐ ，wèishénme shìjiègèdì de "China Town " dōu bèi fānyì chéng "tángrén jiē "，ér bu shì "Zhōngguó chéng " ne ？
Hey Xiao Xiang, let me ask you something: Why are all the China Towns in the world called ``Chinatown" in Chinese? Why not ``China-city"?
这还不简单，唐和"Town" 谐音，所以叫"唐人街" 咯。
zhè hái bù jiǎndān ，táng hé "Town " xiéyīn ，suǒyǐ jiào "tángrén jiē " lo 。
Isn't it simple? ``Tang" and ``town" sound alike, so they're called ``China-towns." Duh!
就知道问你也白问！照你这么说，凡是叫"Town" 的地方都得叫"唐人街" 啰？前边的"China" 给撇到哪边去了？
jiù zhīdào wèn nǐ yě bái wèn ！zhào nǐ zhème shuō ，fánshì jiào "Town " de dìfang dōu děi jiào "tángrén jiē " luo ？qiánbiān de "China " gěi piě dào nǎ biān qù le ？
I knew it would be pointless to ask you! By your logic, shouldn't all places with a ``town" in their names be called ``Chinatown?" What happened to the China at the beginning?
那...... 就只能说明连现代人都还在怀念一千多年前唐朝盛世时候的中国。
nà ...... jiù zhǐnéng shuōmíng lián xiàndài rén dōu hái zài huáiniàn yīqiānduōnián qián Tángcháo shèngshì shíhou de Zhōngguó 。
Well...that can only go to show that even modern people still look back fondly on China's High Tang era of more than a thousand years ago.
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