Backbiting
Today I learned a new word - backbiting, which is the most thing that I hate. There is an old Chinese saying which reads "谁人背后不说人"，it means that everyone will talk about others behind their backs. Although I know that individuals shouldn't care too much about what others think, as no one understand you more than yourself, I couldn't help thinking about how they judge me for the things I did inappropriately or I said carelessly. I try to be nice and helpful, but I also don't want to be regarded as weak.
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Backbiting
Today I learned a new word - backbiting, which is the most thing that I hate most. There is an old Chinese saying which reads "谁人背后不说人"，it means that everyone will talk about others behind their backs. Although I know that individuals shouldn't care too much about what others think, as no one understands you more than yourself, I couldn't help thinking about how they people judge me for the things I did inappropriately or I said carelessly. I try to be nice and helpful, but I also don't want to be regarded as weak.Note: I changed 'they' to 'people' because a pronoun normally refers back to a noun. There are special usages (like 'It is raining') that don't follow this rule, and native speakers often aren't careful about it.
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Backbiting
Today I learned a new word - backbiting, which is the thing I hate the most. There is an old Chinese saying which reads "谁人背后不说人"，It means that everyone will talk about others behind their backs. Although I know that individuals shouldn't care too much about what others think, as no one understands you more than yourself, I couldn't help thinking about how they judge me for the things I did inappropriately or I said carelessly. I try to be nice and helpful, but I also don't want to be regarded as weak.*****Very nicely written!
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Backbiting
Today I learned a new word - backbiting, which is the thing I hate the most. There is an old Chinese saying which reads "谁人背后不说人"，it means that everyone will talk about others behind their backs. Although I know that individuals shouldn't care too much about what others think, as no one understand you more than yourself, I couldn't help thinking about how they judge me for the things I did inappropriately or I said carelessly. I try to be nice and helpful, but I also don't want to be regarded as weak.0
Thank you Michael, it's good to know that.
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Good word to use but not much used anymore. "They were talking behind my back" or "I hate when people talk behind my back". Like I said, It's a good word to use, its just that I hear it more from bosses : " . . . and the things I will not tolerate around here is tardiness, slacking off on your job, and backbiting about others"
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