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On December 13 at 11:32 PM by helencao_counselor

Hi lilibong, 口语中常用“公交”或者“公交车”。 Read more

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On December 13 at 11:28 PM by learningwell

What does this mean? Guan ni shenme shi? Read more

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On December 13 at 11:22 PM by bodawei

The expression you have probably heard is 多半 duōbàn. (Not dou ban). 多半 translates as 'most of', 'for the most part', as well as 'probably', 'in all... Read more

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On December 13 at 7:57 PM by pretzellogic

Of course, you're right, but "short pause" is pretty darn fast when a Chinese person is speaking at normal speed :-) Plus, I tend to be bad about h... Read more

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On December 13 at 7:25 PM by rods

I guess we did hijack your thread, in countering John's supposition that laundromats were unique to New York (or TV shows set in NYC). But speakin... Read more

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Posted on: Anybody home?
On December 13 at 3:56 PM by zhenlijiang

Hi, I've never seen RS so don't know in what contexts they always have 跑步 (pǎobù) , but 跑 (pǎo) by itself is "to run". 快+跑步 (kuài + pǎobù) doesn't sou... Read more

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Posted on: Can't Get a Taxi
On December 13 at 3:46 PM by tingyun

Hi bodawei, Yes, it was a funny post, I got the joke. :) Sorry, I think my comment about 不至于 was unclear - I mean the nature of the result list... Read more

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On December 13 at 2:35 PM by Dorayaki

公交和公共汽车的意思是一样(public bus)。 哪 一个比较常用的？ 公交还是公共汽车？ Read more

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On December 13 at 2:12 PM by toianw

Remember 时 is second tone - not the same as 是 (4th tone). Another clue is that after the 时, there will usually be a short pause before the speaker con... Read more

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Posted on: Hanukkah
On December 13 at 2:01 PM by sancraw

Thanks for that. Read more