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On February 01 at 6:27 AM by pretzellogic

being a guy, I defer to others on whether showing is a good thing or not :-) I just make sure I don't say things like, "when is the baby due?" and th... Read more

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On February 01 at 6:26 AM by henning

Important additional piece of vocab based on 挖掘: 数据挖掘 = data mining Read more

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Posted on: Useful Phrases #1
On February 01 at 6:17 AM by John

rennell1, After seeing watyamacallit's comment, I checked again and realized I had checked the wrong sentence the first time. So I can confirm the... Read more

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Posted on: Useful Phrases #1
On February 01 at 6:16 AM by John

Thanks you for pointing that out. I read too quickly and checked the 3rd sentence, not the 6th. Read more

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Posted on: What's in a name?
On February 01 at 6:14 AM by bababardwan

JohnB, oh, 岳撼...shaking high mountain, reminds me of 地震 which uses the 震of your 震撼 example...all indicating your presence is earth shattering.... Read more

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Posted on: Salt and Pepper
On February 01 at 5:58 AM by micat

First of all I wanna thank all of you for all those services U offer. It really fits my needs learning chinese... Second my comment might be placed... Read more

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Posted on: Useful Phrases #1
On February 01 at 4:57 AM by watyamacallit

I have to agree with rennell1. It is not working, or is at least taking an exceptionally long time to start. Be aware, this is the 6th sentence, not t... Read more

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On February 01 at 4:48 AM by jennyzhu

I would not say 您 is on the decline. It is still used extensively in situations where courtesy and respect are called for, e.g. addressing someone sen... Read more

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Posted on: What's in a name?
On February 01 at 4:45 AM by bodawei

I'm sure that i've discussed my Chinese name 大伟 several times on ChinesePod! I assume that at some stage it was transliterated from the English. ... Read more

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Posted on: What's in a name?
On February 01 at 4:36 AM by bababardwan

哈哈 至少可以说我们跟“爸爸/八八”的名字多熟悉 Read more