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Saravanan
唐人街, tang ren jie, chinatown
唐=tang dynasty. jie=street. why does tangrenjie mean chinatown?
Jun 15, 2008 10:14 AM
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I think the most splendid time for ancient China is th Tang dynasty. So Chinese peopel are called Tang ren which means people come from the Tang . So that stree ( jie ) is a place where gathering a lot of Tang ren.
June 15, 2008
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because most people liveing there are from china
June 15, 2008
Chinatown=中国城,Its means that so many Chinese live in a town or street
June 15, 2008
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