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在不改变意思的前提下，我稍微修改了一下这段文字，包括标点符号。不知道是不是可以帮助到你。 （因为王公权说自己的私奔 ’没法和大家解释‘ ，所以有了以下的评论。） 他的确没法和大家解释！因为他今天的成就，是多少后辈梦寐以求的，是多少人为之日夜加班奋斗着的。而他身边的同辈，都自以为大家有着共... Read more

Hi gbien, What I said is "...我觉得 很搞啊...". 搞, gǎo, can be verb or adj., means to deal with, to mess up, confusing and several other meanings. It'... Read more

bababardwan, thanks for the translation, but I'm still not comfortable with the original sentence. I am having the same problem with this English sen... Read more

That's the way separable verbs work. Check out this Qing wen lesson: http://chinesepod.com/lessons/separable-verbs/dialogue Read more

'it takes four to practice' I think this might be a much-repeated myth (but I am certainly no expert!). I think that some versions do require four... Read more

‘change seats all the time’ This is an important aspect of the game - people believe that the seat you are in can give you luck. Actually it refer... Read more

Is the reason 'liàn' occurs twice in the Mandarin for "She has practiced calligraphy for a long time" because the Mandarin sentence is really sayin... Read more

Why is piàoliang translated as impressive in the dialogue?  And shouldn't hěn be translated with yōuměi two statements later?  In the... Read more

Thanks RJ, They must have been playing the American/Jewish version on Seinfeld, then. I think I remember some of the terms from the web site you link... Read more

Zhèli jiù shàng zài yaming8808 lǐ wèi 'dèi' yīnggāi shì 'děi'. Read more