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Posted on: 羊年行大运
On February 18 at 9:04 PM by dong_hua_sen

Lot of mistakes in this episode. Yan2 mei2 tu3 qi4 is forgivable but the 12 early branches?! Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Section 10
On February 18 at 6:02 PM by psamet

This podcast (and John's sinosplice blog post) has shattered my j/q/x pronouncing world, and now I'm struggling to pick up the pieces. Read more

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Posted on: Two Headed Snake
On February 18 at 6:21 AM by newtonvsleibnitz

I would expect Chinese Pod to use words that are understood by ALL Chinese (or at least the vast majority). Fiona .... is that the case with 'yi' ? Read more

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Posted on: Two Headed Snake
On February 18 at 4:55 AM by mark

Fiona says "wei ba", but both speakers in the dialog say, "yi ba". It threw me too. I didn't understand the sentence in the dialog about a pig with... Read more

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Posted on: Where Do You Live?
On February 18 at 2:25 AM by hernangarcia

Check out the Task I uploaded for this lesson! Download Read more

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Posted on: Where Do You Live?
On February 18 at 1:54 AM by hernangarcia

你好 I have a question regarding the construction of a couple of phrases: If I want to ask "Where do you live?" I'd do it like this: 你 住 宅 哪里 o... Read more

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Posted on: Hitting the Gym
On February 17 at 9:21 PM by jamesclark

支持，鼓励，激励。都是‘encourage’吗？有什么区别？谢谢. Read more

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On February 17 at 3:32 PM by coldbrian

I believe they use the term 冷气 (lěngqì) in Taiwan as well. Read more

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Posted on: Two Headed Snake
On February 17 at 2:39 PM by si1teng2

怎么！(zěnme) 没有两个头的老虎吗？(měiyǒu liǎngge tóude lǎohǔ ma) I'm convinced I hear both speakers in the dialogue pronounce 尾巴 (wěiba, "tail") as 'yǐba'! Is... Read more

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Posted on: Two Headed Snake
On February 17 at 10:18 AM by veronique21

Very interesting lesson. I've not listened to the shwo yet but the dialog is full of interesting grammar (such as duration). Cool ! Read more