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On April 15 at 6:44 PM by hitokiri6993

A map without flavor OR insipid/stinky/crappy map (literally "Without flavor map"). Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 15 at 6:40 PM by hitokiri6993

Oh, man. I wish him well then. No wonder I haven't been seeing him that much on Facebook and Twitter. :P Thanks, xiao_liang (怎麼寫xiao liang吧？）:D Read more

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On April 15 at 6:20 PM by tallmike

Hmmm... the vocab section writes it as nǎli though. And if you play the audio sample it doesn't sound like the tones in nǐhǎo. (or even wǒmen) :/ I... Read more

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Posted on: 禅的故事
On April 15 at 6:06 PM by yarajeev

除了这些跟佛教有关的词汇（比如说“禅”，“刹那”，“释迦摩尼”等）意外，不知道中文有没有其他梵文借词? Read more

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On April 15 at 5:56 PM by couchboy

thanks, I was wondering what the distinction was between '司机' and '师傅'. So '师傅' when addressing taxi drivers and '司机' for drivers of private or comp... Read more

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On April 15 at 3:28 PM by marlon0511

If the driver had English as his second or third language and he was fluent in it, he could do more than just drive a car...couldn't he? =) Read more

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On April 15 at 3:18 PM by lydia1981

So how would you say the driver of a car when he's not a 司机? 开车的人? Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 15 at 1:55 PM by iqbar

Thanks for that; I think I'll trust GooglePinyin or that people will know what I mean at this stage in my learning, but it was kind of you to link me... Read more

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On April 15 at 1:44 PM by tingyun

老 is more colloquial, 总 is more neutral in formality. Both can also have 是 after them - 老是 adds a little emphasis over 老, though I don't think the sa... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 15 at 1:38 PM by tingyun

Hi iqbar, The meaning of 作 and 做 is essentially the same - and if all you are worried about is recognizing and reading, then you can leave it at th... Read more