Zhào Yuánrèn huì shuō jǐshí zhǒng fāngyán, hái wèi 《 Jiāo wǒ rúhé bù xiǎng tā 》 pǔ le qǔ.
Chao could speak dozens of dialects, and he also set the song "How Can I Not Miss Her" to music.
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history
In 1925 he became one of the 四大导师, the Four Great Tutors of Tsinghua's Institute of Chinese Studies, with 梁启超, 王国维 and 陈寅恪. His 《阿丽思漫游奇境记》 (1922) was the first Chinese translation of Alice in Wonderland.
culture
His 《施氏食狮史》, "The Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den", tells a whole story in characters that are all read shi, in different tones: easy to read on the page, impossible to follow by ear.
