What's wrong with Xinhua dictionary

Xinhua Dictionary: Two netizens want to sue Xinhua Dictionary. This can be said to be unprecedented.

The reason why they want to do this. This is because they found some words in Xinhua Dictionary have some problems in their definitions. These problems are very serious and have been suspected of breaking the law. Two netizens gave three examples respectively. Those are three words. One word is "play" and the other word is "tired". One word is "don't".

In the definition of "drama" in Xinhua Dictionary, the word "drama girl" appeared. In the word "tired", there is a word that children become a burden. Among other words, one word is "carrying a gun around your waist". Xinhua Dictionary (version 12) is a dictionary reference book published by the Commercial Press in June 2020.

Xinhua Dictionary (version 12) * * has a total of13,000 words, with more than 3,300 words of annotations. This revision aims to better meet the needs of readers in the new era and enhance its scientificity, standardization and practicality. This revision mainly involves eight contents. The revision of Xinhua Dictionary (version 12) began in June 20 13, and was formally planned and gradually started in 20 15.

It was not officially unveiled until August 2020. The preparation time is nearly two years, with a total time of seven years. In the early stage, editors should study China's principles and policies, collect and sort out new materials, investigate the problems left over from previous revisions, and analyze and summarize the new achievements of disciplines, opinions of experts and readers.

Functions of Xinhua Dictionary:

1. Xinhua Dictionary is the first dictionary with vernacular explanations and example sentences published after the founding of New China. Since its publication, it has made a historic contribution to the improvement of China's cultural level.

2. Xinhua Dictionary is the first dictionary to adopt and popularize the scheme of Chinese Pinyin, which serves to popularize compulsory education, popularize Putonghua and promote the standardization of Chinese.

3. Xinhua Dictionary is also the most influential and authoritative Chinese dictionary so far.