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Symbols used in Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011


georjungcocaine

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The online dictionary Wordreference uses for its Chinese-English version entries from the "Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011". However, there's no explanation for the symbols, abbreviations, labels etc.  For example, in the entry for http://www.wordreference.com/zhen/挨, there're black and white arrows, the sentence "see also a1i".

 

Therefore I'd very much appreciate it if somebody could send me such info., which appears on the physical dictionary itself.

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I'm sure it's obvious to seasoned Chinese learners, but it's not obvious to everyone else.  That's the problem with these dictionaries, they don't bother to list "obvious" information because they assume everyone else is just as accomplished as they are.  I notice that this dictionary doesn't even list the part of speech, a common problem with most Chinese-English dictionaries.  

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