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Thanks, Tal! I can't criticise my 中国人朋友 or 中国的教育系统 too much ... I looked up "metaphrase" at dict.org and it is in fact a bona fide English word. Acc... Read more
直译 is correct. 你的中国朋友们耳目闭塞而已。我发现中国的教育系统有好多缺点，而且在中国方言不计其数，结果就是好多不同的想法关于语言用法。 Read more
Is the sentiment "用铝锅烧菜容易中毒" common in China, or just a bit of colour for the dialogue? 还没听说过这样的见解。 Read more
Mistranslation on this sentence. One way to fix it would be to say "you might be unable to go". 因为可能老了以后就走不动了。 yīnwèi kěnéng... Read more
On a somewhat related note, I've had a hard time figuring out how to say "word for word translation." (That is, a translation such as when 这回 is tran... Read more
Actually I know little about darts, but I think that 环 can mean a ring or a hoop in sports. Maybe it means (one of ?) the rings on the board. I do... Read more
Try stop the page. Sometimes it will show. Read more
什么时候用”中"和什么时候用“里”？ Read more
I hadn't eaten anything from 麥當勞 in over 15 years, but found myself guilt tripped into it whilst in a backwater in Guangdong. Never again! Read more
There have been concerns around for a long time that Aluminium causes nasty diseases - you can find it on the internet eg http://www.telegraph.co.uk/h... Read more