How many Chinese words can correspond to English to? In English, it is hard to find another word to replace 'to'. In Chinese, I think there are quite a few words for 'to'. Could you perhaps offer one or more 'to' words plus a typical phrase in which it is used?

What does this 管 mean here? 一位男人要学一种外语。到了语言机构咨询后，人们问他很多，他生气了，回家找到在线的学校了。他高兴。 “更重要的是心理舒服---没有人硬逼着我执行学习计划，也没人问我为啥要学它，以及我的单位、身份，包括薪水---我就是个语言学习者，你管我这些干吗？” “你管我这些干吗？” 是什么意思？ ‘你’是读者或者听者吗？ 为什么突然说‘你’？ ‘管’ 可能是‘care about, be bothered about'呢？

What does 大有忽略我们的趋势 mean here? 天天 has come to stay with 林林 for a few days while her parents are away. Mama says: 看到女儿和天天这么亲密，大有忽略我们的趋势，我和老公都有点儿嫉妒了。 Why not just say （她们）忽略我们？ 大有忽略我们的趋势 is maybe: looks like they will (soon) completely ignore us Maybe 大有（可能）她们马上会十分忽略我们的样子 I think 趋势is trend or tendency, but I feel I should use 'it looks like' here. I can't understand this use of 大有。。。。趋势 Could you write it differently please?

How did 很 come to mean very? I like to look up the etymology of characters. I just looked up 很。 很 is made of 彳+艮。 艮 is 匕 + 目 So I have: 彳step, walk, walk slowly, road 艮 turn around and look in the eye: rude, disobey 匕 turn around 目 eye How does this combination come to mean 'very'? Did it mean something else in ancient times? I looked at this because a lot of Chinese people say: 'I very like'， which is not said in English, but in Chinese: 我很喜欢。

When can one omit 的？ I'd like to hear your opinions on when 的 must be used and when it may be omitted. Especially any 'rules' which are at least almost always true and not full of exceptions. Is it possible to say, when you feel you must use 的， why you think it is a must? For example: 这是我妈妈。 这是我的妈妈。 我国家好热。 我的国家好热。 I think I can safely omit 的 in these 2. 奶茶，是草原家庭日常生活和招待客人必不可少的饮品。 I don't think I could omit 的 here. 有些人知道很多很多，但却不知道最有用的东西是什么。 I don't think I could add 的 after 什么。 我牛角很长。 Is OK or needs 1 or 2 的？ Thanks for the answers. I see the rule is 'there is no rule'. One person might say 'you have to use 的‘ but another person might say 'it's ok without 的‘ 1. 我牛角很长。 My cow has long horns. or I have cow horns which are long. 2. 我的牛角很长。My cow has long horns. or I have cow horns which are long. 3. 我的牛的角很长。 My cow has long horns. I think only 3. is completely unambiguous.

Is this good writing style '成了有所成就的成功者。'? 还有一些人，学历较低，智商也不出众，但却成了有所成就的成功者。 This part says: 成了有所成就的成功者。 'become somewhat successful succeeders' In English that would not really be acceptable. Does it seem strange to Chinese ears or just completely normal?

How can a discovery think? I have this at the beginning of a text: 现代科学研究的新发现认为，人体的衰老首先是从大脑开始的。 As far as I know, 认为 means 'believe, think, consider, feel' 现代科学研究的新发现认为， 现代 sets the time to nowadays 科学 + 研究 followed by 的 is a compound adjective 'scientific research 的' 新 is also an adjective for 发现 = discovery Adjectives and time words are unimportant words and may be left out, then I get: 发现认为， How can a discovery 'think'? If they wrote 显明 I could understand, but not 认为。 As a Chinese person, do you find this use of 认为 unusual at all??

What does 曹操 mean here? I am (very slowly) reading 三国演义 。 曹操 has just killed all 8 people in a family， including his father's 结义兄弟， 吕伯奢. 陈宫说： 明知对方无辜也杀，实在是残忍啊！ 曹操说：宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我。 (I) Prefer you tell me to abandon the Chinese people, don't tell the Chinese people to abandon me. I think 负 is 'turn one's back on someone / something, so I wrote abandon. Maybe 负 is 负心 ungrateful, but then I get: 宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我。 (I) Prefer you say I am ungrateful to the Chinese people, don't say the Chinese people are ungrateful to me. Is this 教 correct? Should it be 叫？ Is 负 here 负心？ How would you translate this?

Is this the right way to say "No entry"? Yesterday I was out for a walk. I walked past an entrance to an army base. There was a sign which read: 卫兵 神圣不客侵犯 I did not take a photo, I did not want to be shot! I find: 神圣不可侵犯 as 'sacred, inviolable' in my dictionary. Is this sign correct? The place in question is an army base, not a Buddhist Temple. Do the Chinese regard the army as 'sacred'?