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On January 25 at 3:07 AM by 忠Jaron

tgif you would make a great editor. There should be alot of job openings for you. I was editing a book not long ago. But i bet you would far surpass m... Read more

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On January 25 at 2:28 AM by John

Yes, 倒 is a tricky one. Thanks for the suggestion. We'll add it to the list. Read more

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On January 25 at 2:27 AM by John

Sure, you can do that. (Ironically, "tiao" is not used for hot dogs... "Gen" is.) Read more

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Posted on: Actually
On January 25 at 2:24 AM by John

watyamacallit, You're very perceptive to notice that! It's true that 其实 is pretty universally regarded as an adverb by Chinese academia, but you'r... Read more

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On January 25 at 2:17 AM by bababardwan

hear hear. Well said John. I particularly like the bit about being silly...very under-rated. Read more

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Posted on: Iron Your Clothes
On January 25 at 2:00 AM by lujiaojie

意思是:奶奶你不要生气,不要因为我(说的话/做的事)生气。 Read more

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Posted on: Marco Polo in China
On January 25 at 1:58 AM by xiaophil

Personally, I don't have a problem with using the word Han to identify a group of people. There does seem to be some general traditions that are his... Read more

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On January 25 at 1:54 AM by catherinem

I've just listened to it and the audio review is only 11min and 35 seconds. Its order is vocab - expansions - speed it up (expansions). Try clearing y... Read more

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On January 25 at 1:53 AM by John

cl, The rule when writing pinyin is to separate words with spaces. This is much harder to do than it sounds, because the boundaries between words... Read more

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Posted on: Marco Polo in China
On January 25 at 1:46 AM by John

It's a phenomenon that has been pretty widely recognized by foreigners in China, but this particular name is not very well known. Read more