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On July 25 at 9:52 AM by jennyzhu

We say 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳./Yīzhāo bèi shé yǎo, shínián pà jǐngshéng。/Once bitten by a snake, ten years fear a rope. Read more

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Posted on: Band Practice
On July 25 at 9:49 AM by lujiaojie

“一” 的 变调： 一 在 第四声 前面读 第二声 比如：yíxià 一 在 第一声 第二声 第三声 前面读 第四声 比如： 一家 yìjiā 一条 yìtiáo 一点儿 yìdiǎnr 我们一般（yìbān）把 “一会儿” 读 yì... Read more

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On July 25 at 9:48 AM by jennyzhu

You can say 英式橄榄球/Yīngshìgǎnlǎnqiú/literally British style rugby to mean rugby and 美式橄榄球/Měishì gǎnlǎnqiú/American style "rugby" to mean American foot... Read more

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On July 25 at 9:46 AM by John

重 is for special cases. Think of it like the prefix "re-" in English. So, for example, we can say "redo" (重做), but we don't say "*re-eat" (*重吃), i... Read more

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Posted on: 美国国债
On July 25 at 9:38 AM by lujiaojie

这里“得不偿失”是说美国不偿还债务是“得不偿失”。“得”就是“不还钱”。 不上调国债上限就要“债务违约”，”债务违约“就会造成”信用评级降低“。 Read more

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Posted on: The Seven Year Itch
On July 25 at 9:36 AM by jennyzhu

Chris, Great to see you here! Hope you and Rachel are doing well. Read more

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Posted on: The Seven Year Itch
On July 25 at 9:35 AM by jennyzhu

Jiaojie re-recorded the expansion sentences. The voice actor was an intern doing his masters in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in Fudan Univers... Read more

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Posted on: 美国国债
On July 25 at 9:35 AM by lujiaojie

3：43 吊起来， 挂起来(OK) 8：11 通俗点讲 8：21 专门评定等级的(OK) 9：20 你不还信用卡可能就是赖了一笔小小的张 9：50 指世界从生成到毁灭为一“劫” 9：51 万劫就是万世 9：54 世界从生成到毁灭一万次都不能恢复 10：59... Read more

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Posted on: Band Practice
On July 25 at 9:31 AM by darkstar94

我是说“一”读成第二声“会儿”读成第四声 http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E4%B8%80%E4%BC%9A%E5%84%BF/49751 是在这个网站看到的 Read more

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Posted on: Making Dumplings
On July 25 at 9:26 AM by lujiaojie

捏死 is "squished the bug between thumb and forefinger". Read more