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Volume 6, Issue 1
1 March 1999
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Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal
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Some Chinese common words and expressions and their cultural origins

Zhang Weidong
Zhang Weidong
Vice Director, Division of International Cooperation, Yan‐shan University, China
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6089
Print ISSN: 1352-7606
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal (1999) 6 (1): 11–18.
https://doi.org/10.1108/13527609910796906

Suggests that misunderstandings frequently occur when trying to understand Chinese language and culture, and so gives the implied meaning of various Chinese expressions and sayings such as greetings, thanks, respect, age, congratulations and taboo subjects.

Keywords: China, Language, National cultures, Understanding
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