To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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Yea, Chinese people understand when you do that, but they first look at you with this confused look thinking β€˜he wants two chopstic pieces?’ and then realize you have a vocabulary of a two-year-old.

Source:lived in China long enough to learn yo ask for things, but not long enough to learn the countable nouns.

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A bit like confusing much and many or some and any, which I did a lot when I first learnt English.

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