Today's 3 expressions

• Expression 1

  hello — literally 'you good', the universal Chinese greeting

  你好

  [nǐ hǎo]

  你: you

  好: good, well

  你好: hello

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• Expression 2

  mother, hemp, horse, scold — one syllable 'ma', four tones, four different words

  妈 麻 马 骂

  [mā má mǎ mà]

  妈: mother

  麻: hemp; numb

  马: horse

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• Expression 3

  hello, teacher — greeting someone by title plus 好

  老师好

  [lǎoshī hǎo]

  老师: teacher

  老: old, venerable

  师: master, teacher

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