Kakak is an older sister in Malaysia and any older sibling in Indonesia
Malaysia's Kamus Dewan Perdana defines kakak as an older sister; Indonesia's KBBI defines it as an older sibling. Malay...
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Hong Kong salaries tax for 2026/27, with the allowances that changed this year
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Xiehouyu are mostly metaphors, and many Mandarin puns miss in Cantonese
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Malaysia's open postcode list names 2,930 codes
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Converting Japanese era years, and why Japanese law still names Heisei 72
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The temple's own grades for Wong Tai Sin's 100 fortune sticks
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Hong Kong has charged every flat buyer the same stamp duty rates since 2024
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Classical Chinese particles, counted in the Analects and Mencius
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Malaysian road tax in 2026 depends on where the car lives
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Japan's 2020 school kanji table moved more characters than it added
Japanese elementary schools teach 1,026 kanji. The 2020 table added 20 prefecture kanji and moved 37 others between year...
How a Taiwan ID number is built, and what its check digit misses
A Taiwan ID number is a letter, a sex digit, a seven-digit serial and a check digit. Where the check-digit rule was prin...
The notes that can go in an ang bao for Lunar New Year 2027
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