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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 7:45 AM by John

"Sleepy bugs"?? Really? We always just called that "sleep." As in, "you still have some sleep in your eyes." Some other Asian languages also use... Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 7:30 AM by lujiaojie

And you can say：我想去一下洗手间。 Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 7:26 AM by lujiaojie

现在北方很多地方也不用“炕”了，所以尿床 (niàochuáng) 更常用。 Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 6:58 AM by johnb

Also, the name for what as kids we always called "sleepy bugs" (the goop when tears have dried around the corner of your eyes when you sleep) is 眼屎, w... Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 6:55 AM by johnb

[ like ] :) Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 6:38 AM by bababardwan

well I'll just have to be a little more circumspect next time someone goes to serve me rice...this character can also represent earwax and nasal mucus... Read more

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On May 09 at 6:37 AM by jennyzhu

Places frequently function as subject and come at the beginning of a sentence in Chinese, e.g. 办公室有三个人。/ There are 3 people in the office. While you c... Read more

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On May 09 at 6:29 AM by everett

The photons might also be offended. They have a 13.7 billion year history but they hardly ever get mentioned. Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 5:12 AM by johnb

It also matches well with its #2 counterpart, 屎. Read more

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Posted on: I wet the bed!
On May 09 at 5:10 AM by wotingyu

Regrettably useful Read more