"This may well be one of the few dicrionaries that one would want not to just consult, but to read from cover-to-cover."--<i>International Journal of Lexicography</i> (England)<p>"Nothing illustrates more convincingly or delightfully the versatile and whimsical nature of the Chinese language than this collection."--<i>Journal of Asian Studies</i><p>"Rohsenow is to be heartily congratulated on his magnificent accomplishment in making a hitherto little studied element of Chinese language and culture thoroughly available to the West. . . . An invaluable source of information."--<i>Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association</i>
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