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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 20 at 8:47 AM by bodawei

I haven’t really thought about web portals for ten years or so … I thought that the portal had died, but occasionally the expression pops... Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 20 at 8:33 AM by wangqiu

“知道了” Can often be translated as "got it" or "I got it." Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 20 at 7:24 AM by chracol

Another of many, many examples where direct translation of English to or from Chinese is not possible. In my humble opinion the 知道了 here means 'know'... Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 20 at 5:51 AM by smallville

“关也关不掉”  =  “怎么关也关不掉” ， 对吗？ Read more

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Posted on: The Tea Scam
On June 20 at 4:11 AM by bababardwan

haha, a narrow escape...well done. "dwarfs in China tend to congregate" hey, you're right again: http://terriblyexciting.blogspot.com.au/201... Read more

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Posted on: Annoying Popups
On June 20 at 4:08 AM by guolan

最后，对话里面的女的说了，“知道了，谢谢。” 直接翻译成英文的话，意思是，“I know that, thanks，” 意思就是“我早知道了，你不用说把。” 好像这样了解是错的，可能更好这样翻译，“I now kno... Read more

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On June 20 at 3:48 AM by guolan

明白了，谢谢！ Read more

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Posted on: What is a Chengyu?
On June 20 at 3:33 AM by mark

I recently happened on an explanation of cheng yu that makes a lot of sense to me.  It is like how we use Latin in English; there are some Latin... Read more

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Posted on: What is a Chengyu?
On June 20 at 2:28 AM by lambdadragon

Hello agentchuck, I believe the expression 对牛弹琴 means to play the lute to a cow. Which roughly means to waste one's time trying to explain something... Read more

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Posted on: Bel Canto
On June 20 at 1:51 AM by lujiaojie

讲未来的前途，可以说：不知道能不能成为夫妻？ Read more