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Good question and I have absolutely no right to even try to answer, but I'm going to try anyhow. 弄 essentially means "make something worse than it w... Read more
You guys mentioned Ikea (宜家）as if you had a strong opinion about its products. 你们觉得质量不太高吗？ I love Ikea, both the stores and the stuff. &nb... Read more
There are no tonal consistencies on Chinesepod because they might have not known there was a difference between the two characters (due to the reason... Read more
Interesting. I looked at that page you linked me. Some of the written language is a little hard for me to parse, but I get the general gist. Whereas C... Read more
At around 11:55, David says that people go to Confucian temples to plead 考试过关. What is the difference, regarding passing exams, between 过关 and 及格? Read more
Tone error in the "Discussion" section above: 诸 should be first tone. Read more
Thanks for the link, though. I will look at that. Read more
Darkstar94, Look again at the examples I cite. There is no tonal consistency between the two forms as written in the transcript. Read more
this should be interesting Read more
What I meant to say is that 弄 isn't like 说 or 做 . What it takes as an object is a bigger chunk: a thing and how it has been made worse. 弄your hands... Read more