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WHAT DOES “你吃了吗(NǏ CHĪ LE MA)” ACTUALLY MEAN IN MANDARIN?
Jul. 9, 2015
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fox said on Jan. 22, 2017
It simply means how are you today.
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Bharat Joshi said on Dec. 28, 2015
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jennifer.zhu said on Dec. 29, 2015
Your answer is not correct. Please see the answer analysis.
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Mike said on Jul. 20, 2015
In my case, I’ve often been asked 你吃饭了吗, but it was clearly in the “greetings”
context.
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