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Posted on: Typhoon Holiday
On September 01 at 4:40 AM by Nabeshima120

No. 不喜歡 means to not like something. It's a typo either in the translation or the dialogue itself, as far as I can tell. Read more

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Posted on: Typhoon Holiday
On September 01 at 4:30 AM by maplecandy100

对很多放假的人来说,他们觉得放台风假是赚到一天休假,还出去看电影逛百货公司, 我很不喜欢这样。 To many people on holiday, they think that a typhoon day is like getting another day of holiday. Th... Read more

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On September 01 at 2:53 AM by Gwilym-ChinesePod

Yes that's fine. It's not a competing service ;) Read more

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On September 01 at 2:38 AM by Erik1089

I use this software: https://pinyintones.codeplex.com/ (Question: Is it OK to advertise this here? I like it very much! haha) Read more

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On August 31 at 10:35 PM by liaowarrior

Wow, I just realized there is a "convert tone marks" button :) Thanks guys, Also thanks to podster for the link, although I was asking about... Read more

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On August 31 at 5:20 PM by podster

I was going to offer the same solution to liaowarrior for typing pinyin to appear with tone marks, but then I realized that he did not specifically sa... Read more

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On August 31 at 3:37 PM by Gwilym-ChinesePod

Just write with tone numbers and hit the "Convert tone marks" button in the reply box. Or copy paste from a dictionary :) Read more

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On August 31 at 3:53 AM by liaowarrior

Thanks for the answer Constance! Being a student of many different languages myself, this reminds me, that "correct" usage is actually only in gr... Read more

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On August 30 at 10:29 AM by zaphekiah

供养 gòng yǎng = to make offerings (to the Gods) 节气 jié qi = solar term; the 24 solar terms 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ = lonely and restles... Read more

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On August 30 at 2:45 AM by Constance Fang

It’s great to see the discussion going on here. I think it’s a linguistics thing but also related to the daily usage. Actually, whether yo... Read more