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First published by Plume, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Copyright © Eveline Chao, 2009
Illustrations by Chris Murphy
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CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Chao, Eveline.
Niubi! : the real Chinese you were never taught in a school / Eveline Chao;
Illustrations by Chris Murphy.
p. cm.
Chao, Eveline.
Niubi! : the real Chinese you were never taught in a school / Eveline Chao;
Illustrations by Chris Murphy.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-101-14930-0
1. Chinese language—Conversation and phrase
books—English. 2. Chinese
language—Spoken Chinese—Dictionaries—English. 3. Language and culture—
China. 4. China—Languages. I. Title.
PL1125.E6C383 2009
495.1’83421—dc22
009028618
language—Spoken Chinese—Dictionaries—English. 3. Language and culture—
China. 4. China—Languages. I. Title.
PL1125.E6C383 2009
495.1’83421—dc22
009028618
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