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For me this has always been the key way to view the site, and now that I've found it again I've bookmarked it: http://chinesepod.com/library/latest... Read more

Thanks! And this could be helpful too! 密閉 mì bì airtight; hermetically sealed Read more

Sounds right, though I do think that mistake is more common in use of the charecter alone as opposed to in compound word...I think 粘在一块 is an example... Read more

Hi ashaman5, Quite a few transliterations sound closer to the "English" when the characters are read in Cantonese rather than Mandarin. I don't kno... Read more

1）不好意思我还搞不清这个‘了’字。对话里说‘她想出一条捷径。。。把一根绳子放进泥浆里。。。举起绳子。。。变成了一个个的人。 为什么不说 ’想出了一条捷径。。。把一根绳子放进了泥浆里。。。举起了绳子。。。‘？因为好像这两个动作已经完成了，她... Read more

these transliterations are always interesting, and sometimes puzzling.  why "na tie" for example?  chinese has the "la" sound of course, so... Read more

Thank you for your answer. You're right, apparently "Rambunctious" collocates a bit more with "children" : "rambunctious children" has 50.600 entri... Read more

他的意思很wide... 他的意思很多! Thanks Dilu! It's good to translate your chin-glish. Make it a habit. Thanks. L. Read more

Sorry, only just seen this now kimiik. In my mind there is a significant difference. I mean adults can be boisterous too...it just means loud and roug... Read more

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