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文化知识 “Have you eaten?” is a common greeting among older Chinese when it is the time for a meal. Foreigners who don’t understand this kind of custom might regard this as an invitation to have a meal together. However, this is just a simple greeting, not a real invitation, so can reply with “yes, I have eaten.” or “no, not yet.” In addition to “chi le ma?”, there are many other expressions for saying hello in Chinese, like “where are you going?,” “are you busy?,” “what are you doing?,” “are you going to work?,” etc. We can find that when Chinese people greet each other, they like to ask about th