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On December 18 at 2:29 AM by bababardwan

ah yeah, that's it. thanks mate. I'd forgotten that one. Read more

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On December 18 at 2:20 AM by toianw

not listened yet, but 十分 = 非常, maybe even a bit stronger (though a lot depends on tone of voice) Read more

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On December 18 at 2:10 AM by bababardwan

56s ..what does Jen say...很 or a 非常 or a ?shifen ?..not sure about the shifen. Read more

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On December 18 at 2:07 AM by bababardwan

31s: “是”。。它可以表示“肯定” Read more

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Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
On December 18 at 1:36 AM by bababardwan

let me revise my guess on 胎 being used for tyre then...maybe it's a partial transliteration of the English "tyre" Read more

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Posted on: Catching a Train
On December 18 at 1:35 AM by WarszawskiJunior

同志是很老的词了,现在我们都用先生、小姐或者师傅,因为现在同志是同性恋者的意思。 Read more

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Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
On December 18 at 1:31 AM by bababardwan

Thanks for pointing that out. I was going to say I guess I should have looked it up. I have come across this a long time ago, but looking at it now, I... Read more

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Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
On December 18 at 1:11 AM by cooperk

This is not the moon radical, it is the meat radical. It is found in the characters for many body parts. For example: 腿 - tuǐ - leg 脚 - jiǎo - f... Read more

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Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
On December 18 at 12:46 AM by bababardwan

ok, haven't looked the etymology on this one: 胎 ..up either, but a guess is very tempting. The right portion looks like the phonetic tai. The l... Read more

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Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
On December 18 at 12:19 AM by bababardwan

This 辆 character is pretty straightforward. Without even needing to look up the etymology this time it's easy to see 车 on the left which must be actin... Read more