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Posted on: What is a Chengyu?
April 30, 2008 at 1:54 AM

Wonderful lesson! Thank goodness 成语 are only 4 characters long. Can anyone recommend a great 成语 book, ideally (for me) having the chengyu in Chinese characters and pinyin, and with English explanations? It seems like a fun way to learn new characters, vocab, and useful phrases all at the same time. Thanks.

Posted on: Detroit
April 6, 2008 at 3:11 AM

Great lesson, albeit depressing. However, Detroit isn't ALL bad.... The situation here is grim, though, and people are fleeing the city in great numbers. One thing you neglected to mention is that Detroit has the distinction of being the 2nd least sunny city in the US after Seattle. I can easily attest to that as I'm from NYC, where the sun shines most of the time. Detroit is suffering, but it will rise again someday.