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中国人的＂文房西宝＂是：笔、墨、纸、砚。 中国人用它们写毛笔字、画中国画。 砚 （yàn) = inkstone on which to dissolve the inkstick in water. 宝bao4=treasure. Read more

谢谢lujiaojie! Read more

The only problem for me is when I ask people to speak in 普通话 and then I still can't understand. More study needed methinks. Read more

还有，删除和删掉有什么区别？ Read more

In the discussion it is stated that " 你把所有内容都写在上面了  " cannot be expressed without 把; however, I'm wondering if you could just simply remove both... Read more

You are correct. The word is 逃夜. It describes when teenagers sneak out of their dorms or homes and stay out all night. Read more

Context context context. Of course when I read what you wrote, before reading your last line, and since you said you were on a bus, I had assumed he w... Read more

Thanks ChinesePod - I wasted another 2 hours today trying to download the supporting material (audio and text)...  Am I the only one experi... Read more

Around 12:20 is a word not in your vocabulary list above, and also seemingly not in my dictionary. Is it perhaps 逃夜？ Otherwise, please, what is táoyè? Read more

I bought a 无纸无墨练书法 scroll. That's without paper, without ink practice calligraphy scroll. They aren't expensive here in China. You dip the brush in wa... Read more