How to Write "To Answer Master" in Chinese

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Summary: Learn how to write "to answer master" in Chinese characters for the poem "Seeking the Hermit But No Meeting" with expert Chinese language tips in this free online Chinese characters video clip.

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How to Write "To Answer Master" in Chinese

This phrase is "yan shi." "Yan" remember means "to say, to answer," and if it gets together with another word, "yu," it means "language." Yu yan. But here it is special, it means "to answer." To answer. Also the word "shi" - shi, remember it means master. Instead of a teacher. Here means a master. So these two words get together means that the boy answered. The boy said that the master is going somewhere. We just remember "yan shi." That means the boy answered that the master - ok, next we say where? Where had the master gone?

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