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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On December 11 at 4:29 PM by benlajingyunshu

巨汗， Read more

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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On December 11 at 4:28 PM by benlajingyunshu

汗， Read more

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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On December 11 at 3:53 PM by jiaxinren

你好，请问‘抠门’可以当作形容词吗？ eg. 你很抠门，连一块钱也不想花。 谢谢！ Read more

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Posted on: Please speak slowly
On December 11 at 3:18 PM by light487

Here's a more defined translation of kěyì and huì: 可以 kě yǐ /can/may/possible/able to/ 会 [會] huì /can/be possible/be able to/will/be likely to... Read more

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On December 11 at 3:08 PM by zhenlijiang

I guess you mean you hear the pengyou pronounced differently from how you learned it (and how Jenny is saying it)? Yes, the singers are pronouncing th... Read more

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Posted on: Please speak slowly
On December 11 at 2:52 PM by marcojane

Why do you use ke3 yi4 instead of hui4?  I thought hui4 meant that you could do something like speak Chinese or swim.  I know that neng1 mea... Read more

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Posted on: Hanukkah
On December 11 at 12:55 PM by bodawei

Hi light, we were posting over each other - yes, reform sounds like a good way to look at it. Read more

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Posted on: Hanukkah
On December 11 at 12:50 PM by light487

革 could also be translated as "to reform".. so, makes even more sense. Not only "change your life" but "reform your life".. Read more

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Posted on: Hanukkah
On December 11 at 12:46 PM by bodawei

革命 gémìng (revolution). 革 is also a verb meaning 改变 gǎibiàn to 'change'. Also see 革新 géxīn (innovate, to break new ground.) 命 means 'life'. ‘Change... Read more

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Posted on: Can't Get a Taxi
On December 11 at 12:45 PM by light487

I remember one, near refusal, I had in Hangzhou. I had just gotten off the bus from Deqing county and needed to get to the train station, all the way... Read more