• Leon@pawb.social
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    9 hours ago

    Sometimes it gets so ingrained into English that it feels natural.

    好久不见 (hǎo​ jiǔ ​bu ​jiàn), lit. long time no see, it’s originally a Chinese phrase that became commonplace in English. Even though it doesn’t quite hold up grammatically in English, no one will question it.