When he tried to explain the rules of the game to me, it was like Chinese arithmetic!
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like chinese arithmetic — If something is complicated and hard to understand, it s like Chinese arithmetic … The small dictionary of idiomes
Chinese numerals — Numeral systems by culture Hindu Arabic numerals Western Arabic (Hindu numerals) Eastern Arabic Indian family Tamil Burmese Khmer Lao Mongolian Thai East Asian numerals Chinese Japanese Suzhou Korean … Wikipedia
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modular arithmetic — arithmetic in which numbers that are congruent modulo a given number are treated as the same. Cf. congruence (def. 2), modulo, modulus (def. 2b). [1955 60] * * * sometimes referred to as modulus arithmetic or clock arithmetic in its… … Universalium
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Song Ong Siang — Sir Song Ong Siang (Chinese: 宋旺相) K.B.E., V.D., M.A.,LL.M., was a lawyer and active citizen of the British Colony of Singapore. He was a third generation Straits Chinese or Peranakan Baba (Peranakan term for man ), and the first ever Asian in… … Wikipedia
