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On June 21 at 3:12 AM by JasonSch

Interesting! Thanks. I supposed I just could have googled that myself, but hey. :) Yeah, some of my Chinese friends like 三国杀, so I bought a set for... Read more

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Posted on: Broken Pipe
On June 21 at 2:58 AM by marlon0511

bǎo ān shì "a person who ensures safety or security" Read more

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Posted on: Pedestrian Peril
On June 21 at 2:50 AM by dwfndley

hahaha-- again, more subtle than usual, though; right in the beginning: (john) welcome to another upper-intermediate lesson << it's not>>... Read more

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Posted on: Broken Pipe
On June 21 at 2:38 AM by jennyzhu

You hear both forth and first tone for "pian" in "zhaopian". Both are fine. Read more

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On June 21 at 2:36 AM by lujiaojie

不可以。 Read more

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On June 21 at 2:29 AM by RJ

They do have their own rules, but then again so does every city in China. I bought a majong set, but it takes four to practice. Right now the only way... Read more

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On June 21 at 2:12 AM by JasonSch

Yeah, my Jewish American friend who used to live in China always talked about how his grandmother and her friends played mahjong all the time. I'm not... Read more

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On June 21 at 2:00 AM by svik

I think it primarily affects the order of the search results, rather than the number of hits. I remember once searching for Teavana (seller of tea... Read more

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On June 21 at 1:29 AM by RJ

mahjong is very popular in the states among the Jewish community (especially women). Dont know how this got started or why. Read more

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Posted on: Iron Your Clothes
On June 21 at 1:22 AM by John

Yes, 还好 is fine for informal speech. Read more