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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is refractory used properly here? Does it sound natural in English?

Widespread, refractory corruption in Chinese government has also ruined the heart of today's Chinese people.
  

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NL888 refractory corruption I don't know what you might mean by this. NL888 ruined the heart of today's Chinese people This phrase also is odd in native English. Please explain more or try again.

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  • NL888 refractory corruption I don't know what you might mean by this.
  • NL888 ruined the heart of today's Chinese people This phrase also is odd in native English.
  • Please explain more or try again.
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NL888refractory corruption
I don't know what you might mean by this.
NL888ruined the heart of today's Chinese people
This phrase also is odd in native English. Please explain more or try again.
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Refractory is here used to signify "hard to correct."
"Ruined the heart" refers to "ruined the mind (so severe that the very foundation of the mind is fatally destroyed).
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NL888 Is refractory used properly here? Does it sound natural in English?
Widespread, refractory corruption in Chinese government has also ruined the heart of today's Chinese people.
It sounds fine to me. The corruption is widespread and it is very difficult to remove it. It is extremely resistant to being rooted out and corrected. Attempts to detect an
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. . . the very foundation of the mind is fatally destroyed

Then perhaps this.
Widespread, refractory corruption in Chinese government has also driven Chinese people crazy.

More idiomatic is this.
Widespread, refractory corruption
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