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On May 10 at 4:42 AM by Ingly

I can't learn chinese.... feel so bad... :( Read more

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Posted on: Food Poisoning
On May 10 at 4:17 AM by cowenparkseattle

Typo in the pinyin, Expansion sentence " This picture is just too disgusting. I really can't look at it anymore." The pinyin has "really" in it:... Read more

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Posted on: Overseas Chinese
On May 10 at 3:12 AM by ingrid22

Why can't people just... get along? This lesson is very on target and you guys have brought up some really good points about how 华侨, ABC's, BBC's, etc... Read more

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On May 10 at 3:10 AM by tuckvoon

Hi, I've noticed that I'm able to scroll to a characters+translation "dialogue description" when I listen to this lesson my iPod.  I've also noti... Read more

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Posted on: Living in Nanjing
On May 10 at 2:48 AM by ingrid22

Think of 小姐  as "Miss or Ms." Makes it much easier. But I was told in certain regions it can also refer to women who accompany men in the evening... Read more

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Posted on: Living in Nanjing
On May 10 at 2:47 AM by jennyzhu

We'd address young women, e.g. under 35 years old as 小姐/xiǎojiě. Often even if a relatively young woman is married, you can still call them xiǎojiě. Y... Read more

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Posted on: Living in Nanjing
On May 10 at 2:31 AM by fjdism

xiao3jie3 means "young unmarried lady" ? But can't it also mean a 50 year old married lady ? Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 10 at 12:59 AM by SF_Rachel

We called them "sleepy seeds" where I grew up. Also in Urban Dictionary, with 44 reviews (compared with 6 for "sleepy bugs" -- the idea of which gives... Read more

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On May 09 at 11:48 PM by BigUniverse

I also heard that Australian immigrants were the first to come to the Americas. They were killed off by the people we currently call "Native Americans... Read more

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Posted on: A Trip to Nanjing
On May 09 at 11:48 PM by ejrunge

I was amazed how much different Nanjing was compared to Shanghai. Much more "Chinese". I will always remember walking up the steps to the Mausoleum, a... Read more