Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Just barely worth it...

This book is a direct re-print of the year 1888 Hong Kong edition. Only this one has been enlarged (which shows just how primitive the original printing was). They did not bother to re-typeset or edit the book in any way.The book starts with an apology about how the book looks (it seems they were aware of this back in 1888).It reads like an abbreviated version of Soothill's dictionary. Many of the Chinese characters just look like blobs (unreadable unless you are very familiar with Chinese or Japanese Kanji). There are no romanizations for the Chinese text. The fact that the book seems to be aimed at English readers who may be studying both Buddhism and the Chinese language, it is a mystery as to why there are no romanizations.Only buy this if you are familiar with Chinese text, and want a book to put next to your copy of Soothill's.