林语堂

Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor

dialect / language / speech

to tell to

woods / forest / CL:片[pian4] / circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / a collection (of similar things)

(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture