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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 9:19 AM by connie

In the first sentence, 的 is used to emphasize, it can be omitted. Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 9:14 AM by Pirmin

Ok, thank you for your explanation, David an Jiaojie, I think I really heard 尿炕 (niàokàng) somewhere in the north (maybe Beijing). Read more

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On May 09 at 9:14 AM by connie

I've got too much to do, I can't do it all. You can say, 我有太多的事要做，做不了所有的事。 Wǒ yǒu tài duō de shì yào zuò，zuòbuliǎo suǒyǒu de shì. Read more

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On May 09 at 9:12 AM by lujiaojie

否则 is more formal. Read more

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On May 09 at 9:10 AM by connie

See this QW . Read more

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On May 09 at 9:08 AM by lujiaojie

You're right, because 爱心 is a noun, then it needs a 有 in front of it. You can also say：他很善良。Tā hěn shànliáng. 善良 shànliáng adj. good, kindheart... Read more

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On May 09 at 9:01 AM by lujiaojie

"yeah, after this past year my chinese has improved alot" 可以说： 在过去的一年里，我的汉语水平提高了很多。 zài guòqù de yīniánlǐ, wǒ de Hànyǔ shuǐpíng tígāo le hěnduō. Read more

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On May 09 at 8:43 AM by jennyzhu

斤/Jīn is a Chinese unit of weight measurement. It's half of a kilo. We have an upcoming lesson on that. Read more

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On May 09 at 7:54 AM by WillBuckingham

A jin is a Chinese pound (in older English sources often talked about as a "catty" - see the wikipedia article here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat... Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 7:50 AM by johnb

Hehe, maybe my mom was just unusually imaginative. :) Urban Dictionary has it, though: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sleepy%20Bugs Read more