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I'm glad that you two both find this to be an important issue. People often say the only point of language is communication, which is inaccurate. If t... Read more
你来大理吧。 在这儿可以露天或室内攀岩。 Come to Dali (in Yunnan)! You can do both indoor and outdoor climbing here. See http://climbdali.com for more info! ;) Read more
谢谢！ 我是新西兰人。 我很高兴！ ：） Thank you! I'm a New Zealander. I'm very happy about our big win!:) Read more
Your list is correct. 我已经知道比赛结果了。 Here, 了 is 了1+了2. It expresses the completion of an action（知道了） and change of state（以前不知道，现在知道了）. You can a... Read more
Cricket is 板球/bǎnqiú, 板 means a flat board. Read more
Good well structured lesson that consolidated a few things for me. England and English influenced countries have a strange sport called cricket. Of... Read more
My friends have been working with me on the "r" sound for a couple of weeks now, but couldn't exactly tell me where to put me tongue or what I was doi... Read more
In some places i heard 小姐 is "prostitute", or so my friends from Chengdu tell me. But i have heard lots of older men use 小姐 for the waitress - this t... Read more
一声 doesn't have a concrete meaning as much as softening the tone. 你买好了，告诉我 is correct, 告诉我一声 is more casual and friendly. Read more
我 砸锅卖铁 才 还上 欠下 的 债 。 这里的 ‘上欠下’是什么用法？是固定搭配吗？还是就是可以用‘上’来表示交给某个人某个东西？ 比如，给银行上钱？可以这么说吗？ 我不太明白这个 ‘上欠下的&rsq... Read more