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On August 05 at 4:50 PM by jbaldwi1

More idioms too. Read more

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On August 05 at 3:08 PM by steve03

你的手机号码机号? What is your cell phone number. This sentence is a little more efficient than "你的手机号码是什么" "你手机多少来着" means how much does your cel... Read more

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On August 05 at 2:13 PM by wordbroked20

A scientific & historic reference that might interest someone if they want to pursue it further.  In 1861 the French scientist Paul... Read more

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On August 05 at 1:21 PM by gbien

GregE, Thanks for the clear answer. Read more

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Posted on: Mexico City
On August 05 at 12:58 PM by bcornelll

Xièxie. John shuō le "là mèi" hé "mèimei de mei?" de shíhou, wǒ jiù xiǎngdào le 'là měi'. Wǒ kàn le 'là mèi' zài 'expansion' lǐ yǐhòu wǒ jiù xiǎngd... Read more

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On August 05 at 12:35 PM by podster

I ran the graph, but can't figure out how to paste it here. Not surprisingly, the use of comrade seems to roughly coincide with the cultural revoluti... Read more

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On August 05 at 12:26 PM by podster

sorry, meant to post this as a reply to abbasidanyal in the above thread. Read more

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On August 05 at 12:23 PM by podster

I assume that's not specific to 美女 as a term of address. If it were, I would say plot the graph against "comrade" (同志) and see what you get. I'll go... Read more

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Posted on: iPhone vs Android
On August 05 at 12:16 PM by kohiroito

谢谢 jenny 下次去上海,我一定去苹果店买iphone5。 by the way, 你的old SIM也是microSIM 吗? 听说 iphone3GS和iphone4,它们的SIM 不一样。 Read more

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Posted on: 《匆匆》
On August 05 at 11:38 AM by chaijin

I like  《背影》 ,   《 荷塘月色 》、《 桨声灯影里的秦淮河 》 much more.   All three was taught in Hong Kong when I was student many decades ago. &n... Read more