I love the Outlier add-on for the Pleco dictionary app. I looked up 奠基 diàn jī (to lay a foundation) and found out that the first character originally depicted an offering of alcohol placed on the ground. That's a connection I would not have made on my own! #Mandarin
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Yingtai (yingtai@zirk.us)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 20:19:01 JST Yingtai -
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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 21:30:07 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 @yingtai love outlier with it too. Also love using the doc reader to read Chinese ebooks!
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