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Posted on: Addressing Women
On July 16 at 5:30 AM by Tal

Stoutly reasoned tingyun, though to be fair to ejrunge 随乡入乡 does seem to be a permissible alternate version of this popular (and valuable) 俗话. Read more

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On July 16 at 5:22 AM by Tal

哈哈,我希望如此。哦,真喜欢你的新头像,也许你天下最好的,最合适的!;) Read more

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Posted on: Sensitive Topics
On July 16 at 5:17 AM by bababardwan

oh, thanks tingyun, so it is. I was lazy and just did a copy and paste job from bodawei blindly trusting him, as I'm inclined, wherever he may lead me... Read more

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Posted on: Addressing Women
On July 16 at 5:10 AM by tingyun

Do you mean 入乡随俗? One thing thats helpful is to analyze the meaning of chengyu component parts, rather than just trying to memorize the end meaning,... Read more

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Posted on: Addressing Women
On July 16 at 5:03 AM by babyeggplant

More on 老婆 and 太太 I'm not sure why I didn't think of it before, but the CPod glossary has a lot of examples for both words. From looking, it does s... Read more

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On July 16 at 4:53 AM by bababardwan

nah, nah, fangxin pengyuo. RJ yiding hui love it. Zhen shehe ta :) Read more

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Posted on: Buddhism and Taoism
On July 16 at 4:47 AM by SF_Rachel

我明白了,两个都结构可以接受,谢谢你的解释。 我还是想更好了解结构。可能我错了,既然中文语法和英文语法不太一样。这个句话里,“他身上寄托了父母的全部希望,” 句话的主语是“他身上” 吗? Read more

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Posted on: Addressing Women
On July 16 at 4:46 AM by Tal

I'd say that for the most part they are crude, at least in the sense that they lack education or wider experience of the world. China is still large... Read more

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Posted on: Addressing Women
On July 16 at 4:20 AM by Mingmao

Thank you so much for delineating the differences between these terms. I have been wondering about this for a long time, and these subtleties are not... Read more

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Posted on: You Smell Terrible!
On July 16 at 4:02 AM by Tal

这样吧? A: I say, I say, I say, my dog has no nose! B: How does he smell? A: Terrible! 一定是翻译不了的笑话,对吧?:-D Read more