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Hello Podster, I heard from a good source in San Francisco's Chinatown that originally Chinese called San Francisco "金山" during the gold rush... hills... Read more
Chinese love to state the obvious, it's a conversation starter, like in English, "Ah, there you are..." or "oh, I see you're back now..." it's just w... Read more
This reminds me of when I was in China a few years back. I always forgot to take my card out right away, and the machine would always "swallow" my car... Read more
Do the poeple from the mainland can go freely to Hong Kong or they need a visa? How can I translate 忍夠. "enough!!" "can't bear it" ? Read more
麻烦你们，would you mind correcting my Chinese? ====================================== 我访问过香港在1999。我在那里住了两个星期。 从香港，我去广东游览过三天。 在肇庆市我度过二晚。 当时，在夜里肇庆很黑暗的。... Read more
For those of you who read French, there is an excellent fictional/historical account of the life of 武则天 written by 山飒 （Shānsà). The book... Read more
When I look at the exercises in this lesson, every other multiple choice question is blank. I can see the answers, but no question. I have pinyin set... Read more
I read about the emperors a lot. There were 157. And just 1 empress: Wu Zetian (690-705) so "hundreds" is a bit too much. Nice lesson anyway. Read more
我的太太来自广东。她老不喜欢香港人因为他们生活较丰富。 我在家不敢看香港电影。 Read more
Hi Mountain Doctor, Is that 157 for those just governing the whole of China? Don't forget that at times there were several states co-existing wi... Read more