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Well then GOTCHA, I guess. :-) NCIKU has grapefruit as either 葡萄柚 which looks like a very literal translation of "grape"-fruit (a curiously illogical... Read more
@ Jenny: Regarding camping outdoors, you mentioned that Chinese don't see such activities as being a "delight", or being an enjoyable experience.&nb... Read more
Just a heads up on a very small typo that I found in the PDF 翻译稿。 On the last sentence of the dialogue, from character A, he says, "留个联系方式” but... Read more
Where you put the time would affect which verb you are modifying. In Nǐ dǎsuàn shénme shíhou huíqu, the time word comes before the main verb, i.e the... Read more
Hey baba, The meaning of 始终 is simply "from beginning to end" or "always" and implies that the action (in your example 支持) has happened continuousl... Read more
In that case, we'd say 快三十岁。It's weird to tag 3 numbers together, e.g. we say 两三天，but not 两三四天。In the same way, 二十七八九岁is very unnatural. But we always... Read more
Corrected! Thanks! Read more
We are very sorry for the confusion. We didn't say that actually you can use 了 with 住 in structure Jiaojie highlighted, 在+place+住了+time. But you can't... Read more
谢谢, lujiaojie! A little validation and a useful correction from you are a bright spot in my day. That being said, I'm not sure what it says about... Read more