Re: OT: School systems (was: Re: Introduction)

From: "Adam Walker" <carrajena@...>
Subject: Re: OT: School systems (was: Re: Introduction)


> guozhong (lit. national middle)
Let me see if I've got this correctly: guozhong means middle school,
literally "national middle".  Then would that be something like a box for
the first character with three horizontal lines connected by a vertical,
then for the second character, a box with a vertical line through it?

Because if this is what I'm thinking, root & modifier order really matters
here.  Zhongguo, the same two words in reverse order, indicates "middle
nation", which _of course_ would mean China.

Is "guozhong" short for something, like "guozhong xuenar" or some more
plausible phrase than that?

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