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“大到不能倒” 在经济领域用的比较多，通常用来形容一个机构（比如公司或者政府部门）很大很重要，如果失去了，影响会很大。 “悬念”可以用在很多其它的事情上，只要是你不知道结果，不知道最后会怎么样。比如关于谋杀案的小说或电影，可以说“很有悬念”。或者体育比赛，不知道最后谁会赢，也可以说“比赛充满悬... Read more

And sometimes there is no toasting, because you're drinking alone. "...And the beer I had for breakfast tasted good So I had another one for des... Read more

I know there was an oblique reference to this being a symbolic gesture for kneeling, but wasn't there an actual specific reference to an event, whethe... Read more

A serious question now: In the dialogue, the Pinyin transcription (obtained by hovering the mouse over "想想") gives us xiǎngxiang. Now if this was 3rd... Read more

Dilu, would it be correct to say that your experience was "真是往越南越迷的走" ? zhen1shi4wang3yue4nan2yue4mi2dezou3 (it really was a "the furthur sou... Read more

@tucsonmichael: - You are correct that 报导 is indeed reporting; in this case the meanings of 采访and 报导 are fairly interchangeable - 紧急情况 at the in... Read more

David, Greg, great show! Greg, I think you're doing a great job. When you explain things, I either have "Soooo true" moments or "Ok, not just me" mome... Read more

thank you! it's interesting that the 升 and 降 are placed before the letter name Read more

Hi, David and Jiaojie 你们好。 我对经济一点儿都不懂，也没什么兴趣。幸好我在课文里学会了几个经济科的名词。虽然不多，但总算上了一课。也许将来会学有所用。 “大到不能倒” “悬念”是否一定用在经济上的，你们可以举几个例子吗？ Read more