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Two short questions please
1_What is the difference between 挑and选? (to select)2_What is the difference between 图书and 书?(both means book)
头回听说“挑”和“选”还有程度上的区别,表示怀疑。请问应该如果理解“精挑细选”?如果说成“精选”难道不成立吗?不能因为一般不说“鸡蛋里选骨头”就得出这样的结论。为什么这里不能用“选”,是因为“挑“有把异物选择出来的含义,而”选“则有在同类中选择的含义,如果说成”在鸡蛋里选骨头“,而给人一种鸡蛋里本身就有骨头,然后我们来选,而事实上鸡蛋里没有骨头,如果有就是属于异物,所有用”挑“,”挑剔“可以连用,因为”剔“是”剔除“的意思,把异物剔除,所以不用”选剔“。
挑和选在很多地方都有差别,以前有人问题过这个问题,我也详细解释过,可以去查一下。
”图书“和”书“也许译成英语都是book,但对于汉语来说,完全是两个不同的词,书,可以指具体的,个体的书,而图书是个集合名词,是书的总称,甚至是抽象的概念,所以,它们是有很大区别的。总是想到它们都是book,你当然分不开它们,这是英译不够精确的问题。
Two short questions please
1_What is the difference between 挑and选? (to select)“挑”means "choose carefully".You walk into a clothing store,you pick up two or three pieces of T-shirts,you compare them,considering their color,quality,style…Eventually,you choose the one you fancy most.That's a process we call it 挑"in Chinese.
"选"means "choose".It's usual and common used.
2_What is the difference between 图书and 书?(both means book)
Just like you said,they both means book.We don't use"图书”quite often,especially in oral Chinese.We just simply use"书”.But we do use"图书馆”,which means"library".
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