"这个药很苦。"
Translation:This medicine is bitter.
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you got to be kidding me... There is 很 and it marks me wrong for putting "very bitter." I know there are "limited" accepted answers since this course is new, but this translation doesn't even correspond.
It really seems very arbitrary where they decide to accept "very" and where they won't accept it.
I understand that without the "hen," the sentence doesn't work, but "very" should still be acceptable as a translation.
@Tim - How about I ask you to rewrite your above message and replace "still" with 'also' or something else.
You see, "still" means stationary / dead. "Still water"... "The time stood still.." "Still born baby.."
So clearly your semtence is wrong because you used "still"....
That's exactly the type of argument you are advancing.
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很 is needed in an affirmative sentence (as "complementary") but is not always translated as "very". Yes, it is confusing.
We don't need to use 很 in a negative sentence.
Duo's official translation is "this medicine is very bitter" as of July 21st 2019
Sometimes, they mark it wrong when you put "very" in the sentence like this one here, but sometimes when you don't put it, they tell you it's wrong because for some reason they want it there. Consistency!
I think actually what we want from them is not consistency but the same kind of variability that there is in every natural spoken language, like Chinese Chinese, American American, and English English.
@Ariel - "Pricesless" = valuable. "Valueless" = worthless.
What is "less" doing? Lets change English language too... Consistency!
OVERVIEW:
甜 (tián) = sweet
辣 (là) = spicy
苦 (kǔ) = bitter
咸 (xián) = salty
盐 (yán) = salt
I understand 'bitter' rates very high in terms of healing powers in Chinese medicine.
Yes. The kind you have to drink puts me in tears like a small child. Pills are bitter but not nearly as bad. "extremely" seemed accurate enough, if not an accurate translation.
As a side note this prompt is very Chinese. You will often hear "Good medicine tastes bitter" 良药苦口 referenced, meaning "what is good is often difficult or disagreeable".
I trust you have also "Reported" it. As you know the discussion area is for people to interact and share comments.
Since you have already reported it, let us both join hands and appeal to everyone else: please be helpful and use the Report functionality to get our suggestions quickly to the developers rather than making them wade through this ocean of texts.
Thanks!!
