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On August 08 at 3:43 AM by user1283

Chinesepod, Please stick to mainland Mandarin! I did not sign up for Taiwan Mandarin!!!!  Please have your course ware checked  by Mainland... Read more

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Posted on: How to Add Emphasis
On August 08 at 2:20 AM by josephsu100

Thanks for such a dynamic lesson! Read more

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Posted on: 孟婆汤
On August 07 at 2:10 PM by zaphekiah

乡野 xiāng yě = remote, folk (i.e. of traditions etc) 奇谈 qí tán = odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument 民间信仰 mín jiān x&... Read more

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Posted on: Classical Erotica
On August 07 at 2:09 PM by zaphekiah

气息 qì xī = breath; smell; odour; flavour 京剧 Jīng jù = Beijing opera 凑热闹 còu rè nao = to join in the fun; to get in on the... Read more

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On August 07 at 2:08 PM by zaphekiah

虚词 xū cí = word having grammatical function but no meaning 专有名词 zhuān yǒu míng cí = proper noun; specialist word 聘请 pìn qǐ... Read more

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Posted on: Looking for Trouble
On August 07 at 2:07 PM by zaphekiah

不见得 bú jiàn de = isn't necessarily (sometimes a polite waying of offering a conflicting opinion) 地道 dì dao = genuine, authentic (... Read more

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Posted on: 【唐诗】送别
On August 06 at 4:33 PM by 藍狗

是因為Poems with Pete我開始對唐詩感興趣。 這首我最喜歡： 春眠 孟浩然。 春眠不覺曉， 處處聞啼鳥。 夜來風雨聲， 花落知多少？ 依我看，這首比喻採花。 Read more

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Posted on: 孟婆汤
On August 06 at 7:23 AM by 藍狗

混用方言？哈哈，你的意思是講說普通話、國語是兩種方言呢？你這樣的邏輯有問題了。我猜你是個很愛挑剔的人。若你真的想要提高你的中文水平，建議你放棄偏見普通話才準確的狹小思路，不然就會失去了讓你有對中文更理解的機會。指鹿為馬。 Read more

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Posted on: 孟婆汤
On August 06 at 6:34 AM by ZhouRui

I care if my tones are wrong. And it's not just "randoms" that will think that. It's everyone you talk to. Including friends and relatives. And you ar... Read more

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On August 06 at 5:58 AM by cmkchina

Thanks to jaekim139 for pointing these out. Chinesepod - this is very bad.  Just what I feared might happen when you moved from mainland China. &... Read more