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I was born in China and grew up in the US. I've attended Chinese school for 6 years in NY while growing up. I've passed proficiency in the language at the University of Pennsylvania. I work for a company that has an overseas office located in Shanghai, China, so I am very much accustomed to communicating in Chinese as well as conducting business in China (I used to travel there 4 times a year).
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Hi Larry, First of all, congratulations on your engagement! It's very thoughtful of you to want to bring your girlfriend's mom a gift. If you are thinking of hong bao (red envelope), I'm not sure
Hi Glen, A lot of translation services can translate the character if you are able to input it in Chinese. However, if you do not know how to input the character in Chinese, I'm not aware of any websites
Hi Liz, If you went to a Chinese elder's birthdy celebration, you could bring practically anything, especially lucky money in a red envelope. One thing that is taboo is clock as a gift, because the
Hi Angela, I believe this is a stamp that indicates the era this was made, roughly translating into "year of emperor Qianlong". I apologize for not being able to decipher this beyond the literal
Hi Tom, I believe you can type Chinese characters (or copy them from a web site) by installing the fonts from window. If you use Window (I've only done this with a Window PC), go to Control Panel
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