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Default Re: Can somebody explain to me the meaning of this idiom?

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Originally Posted by SirWaik
In China all food is Chinese unless otherwise noted, so there is no need to call Chinese food in China "chinese food" that is just being redundant.
You can call it.Because, here, in Singapore,there are also many chinese food being sold in hawker centres.There are chinese food sold not only in Singapore but also in other countries if I am not wrong.So I think you can call it."In China,chinese food is just food".
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