Chinese words are made up of characters which function like root words in English.

汉语由字组成，就好像英语的词根一样。

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Chinese words are made up of characters which function like root words in English.

汉语由字组成，就似乎英语的词根一样。

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He turned the root words into associated "solid words" by annexing with them suffix and prefix.

他将孤立的“个体单词”通过前后缀组合变成了可联想的“立体单词”。

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Umpteen words combine a Latin root with the Greek ending -ist.

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So our position on this, Jake, is that when the Afghan leaders take steps to improve governance and root out corruption, then the President will say kind words.

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Yet the words fiction and figure come from the same Latin root.

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