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1. (used after a verb or adjective, or a verb or adjective phrase to indicate a class of persons or things) one or those who; the thing or things which; -er

♦ 译~ translator

♦ 出版~ publisher

♦ 符合标准~ those which are up to standard

♦ 老~ old man

♦ 大~the big one

♦ 前(后)~ the former (latter)

♦ 贫(富)~ the poor (rich)

2. (used after a noun phrase ending with 工作 “work” or 主义 “ism” to indicate the person or persons doing the stated work or holding the stated doctrine) -er; -ist

♦ 医务工作~ medical worker

♦ 马克思主义~ Marxist

3. 书 (used with the numbers 二、三、数, etc.)

♦ 二~ these two things

♦ 三~ these three things

♦ 两~缺一不可。 Neither is dispensable.

4. 书 (used after a word, phrase, or clause to mark a pause, as in giving definitions)

♦ 仁~, 人也；义~, 宜也。(《中庸》) Benevolence is acting like a human being; righteousness is doing what is right.