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Definition
Cattle pen or cowshed; also used for the detention cells during the Cultural Revolution.
- cattle pen; cowshed
- historicalmakeshift prison for detaining political targets during the Cultural Revolution
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How it's used
Refers specifically to a structure used for housing cattle. While it is a standard term for farm infrastructure, it is also frequently used in political contexts to refer to detention centers or makeshift prisons where people were held during periods of intense social upheaval.
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There are a few cattle pens inside the farm.
Are you taking me to the cattle pen to see the cows?
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
