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On March 23 at 2:21 AM by bodawei

Wikipaedia has a funny story about the head of a ranking organization who was asked to 'lecture' at a certain university. After he received 50,000 rmb... Read more

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On March 23 at 2:18 AM by svik

hi jenny, very true! My wife and I visited PuTuoShan 普陀山 last summer. I have previously been to Emeishan 峨嵋山 and several other mountains, and the... Read more

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Posted on: Rice First
On March 23 at 2:17 AM by emasur

for do you need something else? I've also heard waitresses say hai2 xu1yao4 qi2ta1 ma? And na2 instead of lai2, probably more impolite... Read more

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On March 23 at 2:10 AM by bodawei

This is funny how Chinese people are so obsessed with rankings, any rankings.* I think Peking is #2 isn't it? I went to 浙江大学 (Zhejiang University) ran... Read more

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On March 23 at 1:31 AM by jennyzhu

Does one need to have very good scores to be a 留学生 at Peking University? Read more

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On March 22 at 11:01 PM by roymaster

我不太相信文涛。。。他好像跟 佳燕有关系 Read more

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Posted on: Sleepy
On March 22 at 4:34 PM by cinnamonfern

Yep - it's based on context! I once asked this question - this is the answer Jenny gave me: "无聊 and 没意思 can both mean "bored", but they can also me... Read more

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Posted on: Car Crash
On March 22 at 4:17 PM by socratesinsichuan

很有意思！ Read more

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Posted on: Car Crash
On March 22 at 4:10 PM by brigrainger

Yes it's usual in most European Cities too Jenny . In fact throughout Europe there is a special Motor Insrance claim form that both parties complete t... Read more

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Posted on: Car Crash
On March 22 at 3:24 PM by orangina

I was taught that the 被 construction is often used in sentences about bad things happening. So in Chinese I think the situation is reversed. The passi... Read more