Title: Extremely Useful
Product review: This book is a a godsend. People crticize me for being too crtical, but I think this book is excellent. Unfortunately most Chinese dictionaries and textbooks are really bad. They don't explain the usage of the words they teach correctly, so when you have to write an essay there are always many things that don't make sense. Native Chinese teachers who don't even bother to read the numerous monolingual books in Chinese (students can't use them because there's no English) often claim that they can't be explained. This book proves them wrong. Scholars might be concered with some individual entries, which might reflect Taiwanese usage more than Mandarin, but for the student this is a minor matter. Unfortunately they marked of the price for this book a lot, because I bought it in mainland China for much cheaper. But its worth the money.
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