This is a breakthrough bilingual dictionary that makes finding the right Chinese character a breeze. When he surveyed his students author Quanyu Huang found that only two out of 300 used a Chinese dictionary. Their main obstacle is how existing dictionaries are organized; either a user needs to know the radical of a character how to recognize or count writing strokes or how a character is pronounced. In Mc Graw- Hills Chinese Dictionary & Guide to 20 000 Essential Words" the author overcomes this problem with his unique broken marks method. Each character is comprised of different marks separated by a physical space or sharp change of direction at the end of a mark. Count these marks & you can locate the Chinese character you need in less than a minute. This dictionary & guide will also be a perfect complement to your AP Chinese studies." ...

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The McLaren M23 first appeared in 1973 & became McLaren's first World Championship winner when Emerson Fittipaldi took the title in 1974. As depicted in the new feature film Rush " James Hunt gloriously repeated the feat in 1976 after a mighty season-long battle with Niki Lauda. Here in this new Haynes Manual is unique perspective on what it takes to restore maintain & race a McLaren M23 as well as an insight into the design engineering & development of this landmark Formula 1 car." ...

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