“Tiger paper” is a Chinese loanword in English and it comes from “纸老虎” in Chinese language.
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- 中国大学MOOC: English is an analytic language whereas Chinese is a synthetic language.
- According to some linguistics, Chinese language is a reader responsible language while English is a writer responsible language.
- We can always count on our dictionaries to give us the proper English for a Chinese term, or the proper Chinese for an English word, for a term in one language definitely has a counterpart in the other language.
- Enlish language is a stress language, while Chinese language is a tone language.
- Tiger in English and Lion in Chinese are regarded as the king of the animals.