Chinese people tend to interpret other’s positive compliments as a request for possessing something.
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- People tend to be jealous ______ other people's success.
- 2.8Lecture: Compliments in China and the West2.8.1 Differences in making complimentsWesterners compliment others much ______ frequently than Chinese people do.Chinese people are often suspected of "______ for compliments":You pretend to be ______ about something and hope they disagree and give you ______ .
- If a guest compliments something in another person’s home, the Chinese host or hostess will probably give that thing to the guest.
- People tend to be more confident in themselves than in other people.
- Ordinary Chinese people interpret the real meaning of mountains and waters as homeland, but rulers don’t.