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Hi Jenny - thanks for 私了/sīliǎo - is there are any connection between the 了 meaning settle, finish and conclude; and the use of 了 le to signify comple... Read more

"I thought pre-pay was for pimps and drug dealers. Nice to know you can use it if you just have bad credit." :-) I thought that was pretty funny,... Read more

I think siliao can have its efficiences if parties are quick to agree as they are in this dialogue. However, too often the prolonged battle for face u... Read more

Settling an accident by the stakeholders rather than involving the authorities is called 私了/sīliǎo, 私 means by yourself, non-public authorities,了 mean... Read more

Yeah, I don't want to argue with a friend either. RJ is that a trick question about Maccas? (I know you wouldn't do that to me.) Have you been too... Read more

In the expansion, the last character of this sentence is pronounced "zar" instead of "zi": 宝宝 还 不 会 剥 瓜子 。 bǎobao hái bù hu&... Read more

什么问题呀... 我们瑞士也有小孩子给他们父母亲帮助. 在农场上,在饭店里. 如果他们能上学校我们觉得就没问题. 当然是孩子做工作,不过比玩电子游戏看电视广告这样的活动我觉得简单的工作还好. Read more

My Chinese friend and I were driving on the expressway from Shanghai to Hangzhou, and we saw an accident where a car had rear-ended a taxi.  The... Read more

I've actually seen a situation similar to this happen in Xi'an.  A guy in his early thirties driving a new black Audi hit a taxi in the middle of... Read more

Someone is boring if he or she is not interesting to other people. For example: "You always stay at home alone and play on the computer. You're so... Read more