This could even be the jumping off point for a cold or hot war as the conservatives are already saying "cAN tHiS COuNt aS An ASsaSsINaTiOn?" and the libs will be jerking themselves off on civility porn like after 9/11 and go right along with it.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    missing a 的

    EDIT: wasn't trying to make a grammar correction, the pinyin username had one in it is all

    • TheOldRazzleDazzle [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I'll happily defer to someone who is more 中国通 than me, which isn't very hard to be.

      That's said, 的 (possessive) is a tricky thing. You can technically use it on anywhere you would use an apostrophe in English, but that doesn't mean you need to or you should. The very first semester taking Chinese you will learn the phrase "我家“ -- my family. Why no possessive? Because it's self evident that the family is yours.

      A cursory search seems to me that 中国机器人 is pretty common, and for some reason feels more 口语 to me. But like I said, that isn't worth much, so I'd love to hear your input.