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On October 21 at 10:12 AM by pretzellogic

FWIW, The Golden Phoenix Bakery on Jiuxianqiao lu in Beijing (next to the 798 Art Zone) is where I usually go for birthday cakes. Their breads/cookie... Read more

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On October 21 at 5:17 AM by bodawei

Hey Baba, I went to Beijing for the weekend to research bakeries. No I exaggerate; I spent only one day combing the most sophisticated areas of town s... Read more

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On October 21 at 1:47 AM by podster

I see; in that case maybe you can think of it as "it has been several months" meaning several months have elapsed - 了。 I am just telling you how I wo... Read more

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On October 21 at 1:35 AM by zokich

Hello there, i am wondering about the structure on the second to last sentenece. 种类 好 多 ， 我 都 选不出来 了 。 if this sentence structure was used... Read more

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On October 20 at 9:14 PM by madong

哈哈，in Hungarian 放鸽子 literally means: "to fart" :D Read more

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On October 20 at 6:56 PM by JJ2016

actually I was thinking about the second phrase of the sentence i.e. the le in the following expression: 好几个月了还没还 The le doesn't seem to be operat... Read more

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On October 20 at 2:02 PM by podster

As an example of the pattern, how about 我已经等了你 30分钟。 Read more

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On October 20 at 2:02 PM by podster

actually its "borrowed" in this context. That is part of the lesson; how to distinguish whether 借 means borrow or lend by understanding the context. Read more

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On October 20 at 1:22 PM by pistagn

“借了钱” jie is the verb here (lend), and the "了" makes it "lent" past tense. Read more

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On October 20 at 1:31 AM by chris

yep, this is one area where I have definitely gone native since living here. Back in the UK, I was always a shower in the morning before work kind of... Read more