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我怀念我的祖父母。 Read more

Dear Fiona and Constance Thanks for the excellent explanation of the "Ï miss you" phrase. This is a very good example of the subtleness in the... Read more

688688191，I've been away for months, and am only just catching up with old lessons, so I've reached this lesson just in time to answer your quest... Read more

户外 hù wài = outdoor 读法 dú fǎ = reading; pronunciation (of a Chinese character) 流汗 liú hàn = to swea... Read more

Thank you, Iona, for your very complete and interesting answer ! I'm glad to know more about the history of this festival, and a little more about the... Read more

‘意外’　和　‘事故’　什么不一样？ Read more

哈哈！你真可愛，為了讓正妹揍我，教訓我一下，我會故意的罵妳三八。。親 ;-p 學會了兩個新詞，謝謝妳 莽撞:mang3zhuang4, rude and impetuous, rash. 得體（不得體）： appropriate, fitting（inappropriate,no... Read more

八卦的确是gossip，但是「三八」的意思是「带有傻气,做事莽撞或不得体的形容词。」但通常都是指不得体的女性，不是一个很礼貌的字眼，所以用的时候要小心: )打个比方，如果你说「Iona很三八！」，我会揍你，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！开玩笑的: ) Read more

中国南方有的。鬼月的由来有很多种说法，有些地方的农历七月甚至代表大吉之月，但是「鬼月」主要盛行于闽南（位于中国东南方）、台湾一带，尤其在台湾，鬼月是非常重要的活动。（有学者认为台湾的鬼月习俗便是源自闽南地区，数百年前闽南人迁徙至台湾时，有很多人因为争地而死，但他们的亲人都在中国，没有人祭拜他们，所以... Read more

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