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Posted on: Making Dumplings
On January 27 at 10:57 AM by pretzellogic

Yikes.  I didn't occur to me to actually learn the characters for Jiǎozi until now.  And I even looked at this lesson previously.  Read more

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Posted on: I Changed My Mind
On January 27 at 10:09 AM by lidilu

你是说“嘛”对吧？台湾人用得很多，女孩子也常常会说。在字典里，它表示很明显的事情--事实就是这样嘛。 BTW, you spelled my name wrongly :p Read more

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Posted on: Marco Polo in China
On January 27 at 10:00 AM by pretzellogic

Well, aside from my frequent tongue-in-cheek statements, I'd guess that plenty of China veterans have been to a Chinese city with a mere 1 million peo... Read more

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Posted on: I Changed My Mind
On January 27 at 9:57 AM by frauccina

same in Italian Read more

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Posted on: What size?
On January 27 at 7:58 AM by stephenfox

xiè xie! Read more

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Posted on: 温州人
On January 27 at 6:58 AM by bweedin

喔！我一看到這節課就很興奮。以前住在溫州市永嘉縣！ 我會說溫州話的“三輪車”，還有“美國”。別的都不會哈哈 Read more

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Posted on: Marco Polo in China
On January 27 at 6:47 AM by bweedin

I think that would qualify, because you assume that no foreigner has been to China outside of Beijing or Shanghai. but come on, how can I not feel tha... Read more

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Posted on: I Changed My Mind
On January 27 at 6:32 AM by jen_not_jenny

Could it also have to do with the fact that you can say, 那条衣服老气，烫头发老气, but a 男人留胡子 can't be 老气，as it's the 胡子 that may or may not 老气? Perhaps I'm onl... Read more

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Posted on: 温州人
On January 27 at 5:55 AM by connie

”吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸“是来自西方的。但是这个说法现在在中文里也很常用。 说到"葡萄"，我印象最深的是一个中文绕口令。 "吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。 "大家能不能很快地重复几遍呢？ Read more

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Posted on: 温州人
On January 27 at 4:39 AM by tgif

Is ”吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸“ originally a Chinese saying or is that imported from English? ("Sour grapes!") Read more