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It happens all the time! Some hotel manager're pinch pennies and make people unconfortable. Even when they're supposed to have hot water they often... Read more
No problem. Your first sentence is right on. The second sentence is a little more tricky. 了 does a few different things depending on where it... Read more
吃亏 is not really "swallow a bitter pill." Zhelijiang's explanation above is good. Read more
Hi, Cinnamonfern! 1. There are a number of Chinese verbs that regularly do this... Logically speaking, it's not the speaker that's doing the actio... Read more
Hey Baba, The sentence doesn't really provide many details, but we know that she's (the stewardess) buying things at duty-free shops and making mon... Read more
I always thought it was funny to go to Beijing, and you could safely assume that you had 24-hour hot water. You didn't even have to ask. T... Read more
One thing about China is one finds one has to walk many flights of stairs everyday, at least in the supposed countryside. Course, this may not be the... Read more
I still remember when I was young and went to NYC with my parents and walked through those museums near Central Park. Seeing all those oil paintings o... Read more
"赚"和"挣"的意思差不多。但是"挣"给人的感觉是要通过很辛苦的努力得到钱，比如体力劳动。"赚"给人的感觉是比较轻松就能得到钱。 Read more