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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 7:14 AM by bodawei

不好意思，我打错了， 社会员。 ‘rehab' centres may not be a good translation - don't get an image of the Betty Ford Clinic or luxurious rehab centres you have in the... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 6:46 AM by veronique21

Hi Bodawei, I didn't find 诗会员 in my dictionnary. Did you mean 社会员 ? Anyway your story is interesting. I didn't know there are drug rehab centers i... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 6:32 AM by bodawei

Hi Baba. It might be clearer to ask 你属什么星座？ (what's your star sign?) to avoid ambiguity. Also, I wonder if this term 星座 is only used for the Western z... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 6:07 AM by bodawei

I actually met a social worker not too long ago; he sold my wife a mobile phone. While the paper work was being done I asked him if he sold phones 7 d... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 5:48 AM by veronique21

Very useful topic. Explaining your job is always very interesting but sometimes very difficult to do, because it can be a linguistic problem but also... Read more

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Posted on: 土葬和火化
On April 13 at 4:23 AM by mattus314

算了，我看错了。 Read more

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Posted on: Car Crash
On April 13 at 4:21 AM by bodawei

Hi zhong_bide There are 1.3 billion stories in China; most of them contradictory? For what it is worth (and this is not exactly the case you are... Read more

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Posted on: Explaining Your Job
On April 13 at 3:48 AM by ptsmith

There is also a special character which means 'belong to the group' of zodiac animals. shǔ 属 (3rd tone) so I would answer "wǒ shǔ hǔ" 我属虎“ meaning "... Read more

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On April 13 at 3:12 AM by hkboy

Thanks. I'll give it a try. Read more

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On April 13 at 3:09 AM by catherinem

I actually disagree with this. I came to China in 2006 and one of my then-colleagues recommended I check out ChinesePod. I started then and it really... Read more