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The expansion sentence has a mistranslation (or a missing 們) 我的 健身卡 要 到 明年 五月份 才 到期 。 ( Our gym cards don't expire until May of next year... Read more

'I shouted "xiaojie" in the restaurant.' Hi romanoaj31 It may be the shouting rather than the 'xiaojie' that caused the scandalised look. For a... Read more

Hi baba My sad Sydney 3G Internet isn't fast enough today to run the video. Starting to miss China. I'll have to imagine a human canonball sailing... Read more

My first month in China, I went to lunch with a colleague and she looked scandalized when I shouted "xiaojie" in the restaurant. That's the day I lea... Read more

Would it be the same to say 每个月 涨 两百块 or 每个月 增加 两百块 ? For me, with the verb 增加, even in the context of 涨租, it sounds like the increase adds up every... Read more

Interesting that we have 小姐 xiǎo jiě here. I recently said this when talking to a young Chinese woman at a conference, and she was shocked. I was... Read more

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I can't resist... Connie, what methods do you use to keep rent from going up? My rent skyrocketed this past year, but it's still quite reasonabl... Read more

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I wanted to use the phrase "You can lead an ox to water, but you can't push his head down to make him drink" yesterday, but I forgot how to say it. Fe... Read more