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2012/5/22
昨天我在上电脑工作很多久时间给我自己头疼了。但是在英国天气很好，那么我在花园里坐，然后一点儿时觉得很好。在晚上我伴奏唱诗班。这个周大家达到了。但是当我们回到家的时候太太觉得她感冒了。
今天早上开车上班。上午我见好朋友跟她一起聊天。她告诉我现在她的女儿是律师。在晚上我谱曲了。
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new comment by
Keth
posted 7 hours ago
I learned the word 仙人掌(xiānrénzhǎng) today, but my dictionary has 霸王树 (bàwángshù).
Is there a difference between these words? Is one used more than the other? Is it a regional thing?
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posted November 22, 2009
this topic is why I think that non-Chinese people saying "ask a native speaker" is really a false concept as it relates to China/Chinese.
What non-Chinese people should be saying is "find someone who has a background in Chinese language teaching and ask...
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new comment by
bohan2007
posted 8 hours ago
What a great page! Cheers!
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new comment by
kingbee
posted 9 hours ago
Lots of textbooks and apps are heading in the direction integrating technology into the learning/ teaching experience. This month, Integrated Chinese (Book 1) launched their first iBook version. I haven't gotten my hands on it yet for a full review, but there ...
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new comment by
gaojian
posted 15 hours ago
'Pick up lines' is 泡妞用语。
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new comment by
connie
posted 2 days ago
对，正式些可以说“持续”。
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new comment by
lujiaojie
posted 3 days ago
Thanks for this explanation. It was easier than I thought. So 将 is to 把 what 则 is to 就, or 之 is to 的, in written Chinese?
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new comment by
Grambers
posted 6 days ago
Any other natives or whoever got an ideas to share?
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new comment by
xiaophil
posted 6 days ago
Yeah, you're probably not too far off the mark there. I've certainly got this one the wrong way round myself before.
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new comment by
toianw
posted 7 days ago
Yeah I have to admit the search can sometimes not be realiable when looking for specific Qingwens, if you can't find it you can usually use the glossary and them find it from there.
2012年5月12号
昨晚我出去到朋友的家。在那我们六个人点了日本菜。因为星期五晚该等等一个小时多了，所以菜到了的时候我们都饿死了。我吃寿司多了，喝汤和红葡萄酒。 饭后我们一起去了本地的酒吧。回家了很晚， 好好睡觉了。...
The few years that I had Pimsleur and Chinesepod on my 1 hour commute to work made a huge difference in my ability to speak Chinese. Just yesterday, a Chinese person said my pronunciation wasn't bad. I have the commute to thank for that, plus I did...
谢谢，老师 :-)
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new comment by
dusg123
posted May 2, 2012
2012/4/30
今天早上我去游泳池了。我爱游泳但是我不会自由泳，我就是会蛙泳。我上午去购物，但是使很多时间当我回家的时候已经午饭。下午我弹钢琴和看我的书。今天晚上我一个唱诗班伴奏了。他们学习《跑》，《 Panis Angelicus》和《风的颜色》。
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new comment by
Keth
posted April 30, 2012
Duo1 xie4! Again you help me. I really appreciate! I have lots of 得-related excercises this week. Let's see how I will do :-)
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new comment by
akalovid
posted April 30, 2012
下午我出去国际超市。它不远了，从我家到那里骑车只要十分钟。 国际超市是很有意思的地方。他们有食品从亚洲，非洲，欧洲来的。今天我买过了中国的酱油，泰国的面条，印度的糖，摩洛哥的杏，突尼西亚的开心果，英国的牛奶。...
Thanks, this is still a huge issue for me. I have barely used ChinesPod now that I'm paying for it. It basically is non-functional on my iPhone as far as I'm concerned and I'm not much near my computer these days.
I used to enjoy ChinesePod regularly wh...
Hi everyone, I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum for posting this question, but here goes...
Can anyone recommend a good Chinese to English translation software program for written documents? I use Google translate but I am tired of having to cut an...
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posted November 22, 2009
