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That is really interesting, I never knew that. Confirm or deny, would it be appropriate to translate 锤子 as "[claw] hammer" and 榔头 as "mallet"? Read more
It's a dialect thing. In Shanghainese, we use both "把"(bǎ) and "根"(gēn) for spoons. But it's only "把"(bǎ) in Mandarin. Read more
考试通不过 means to fail a test or exam. 考不上 means that your test results aren't good enough to get you into a school, e.g. 我考不上大学。(My results won't get me... Read more
粘贴，在字典上有两个读音，"niántiē"和"zhāntiē". 但是我们调查了一下，说"niāntiē"的人最多，说"zhāntiē"的人比较少，说"niántiē"的人没有。 这个词的读音真的是太麻烦了！ Read more
1. 因为字典上是"nian2tie1", "kuang4"，所以我们在transcript里用了字典上的读音。但是生活中，大多数人都说"nian1tie1"，"kuang1". 2. 在别的情况下，我们也说第一声。 Read more
0：36中国去了好几个女明星 0：52 时装周的常客 3：21 转折的意思 3：49 声势很浩大，队伍很长的 5：46 打扮得很出位的 6：26 全穿在身上 7：33 为了吸引别人的眼球 8：41 张雨绮本来就很野性的 Read more
"复制"两个字, for example, means "the two-character word 复制 (copy)". Same sort of thing with "粘贴"两个字. Read more
Dilu and John say it's nian1tie1 and kuang1 , but the transcript says nian2tie1 and kuang4 ! Looks like whoever compiled the transcrpt didn't li... Read more
liang3 ge zi4 -- figures twice in the dialog, but, regrettably, how does it figure into the process or the meaning? Read more
Hi pretzellogic, By "drinking castor oil," do you mean that your brain has an automatic "reject" of characters and looks for letters instead (even t... Read more