It also explains why animal cries are very general in meaning.

这也解释了为什么动物叫声的含义非常笼统。

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The word which is more general in meaning is called the super-ordinate, and the more specific words are called its hyponyms.

意义更具有一般性的词叫上 义词，意义更为具体的词叫下 义词。

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Chinese kinship-term-system is well formed and each term is of a specific referential meaning, while English one is relatively general in meaning.

汉语称谓语丰富繁杂、分类精细、指称具体，而英语称谓语宽泛笼统、分类单一、语义模糊。

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Meaning, sometimes you need to do this, but in general there's at least in my view and I don't, John you just don't want to do this.

意思也就是，有的时候你不得不这么做，但是通常来说,至少我认为不该这么做，你同意这么做么？--，John，，would，you，agree？—,你不该这么做。

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