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On December 03 at 1:05 AM by geiwotangba

I live in the south...where everyone kinda butchers putonghua in their own special way, just like they butcher English (zhi becomes zi, shi becomes si... Read more

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On December 02 at 3:24 PM by suxiaoya

Thanks, Dino! I asked because it seems there are just so many words for 'worried' in Chinese, difficult to know when to use which word! I like this ph... Read more

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On December 02 at 3:07 PM by giannis

The tone is wrong in the vocabulary for "success rate."  It should be "chénggōnglǜ," not "chēnggōnglǜ."  Right? Read more

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On December 02 at 2:30 PM by giannis

I would point out that "我的女朋友有淘汰我" isn't standard Mandarin for another reason. Using "有" as the equivalent of "to have" (as in the auxiliary verb, "t... Read more

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On December 02 at 2:24 PM by bodawei

Ha ha - yeah, that's very quaint. There are probably a few variations on the theme. An old English guy I knew used to say the 'Claude and Eustace' r... Read more

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On December 02 at 2:08 PM by bostonphil

Bodawei, Not quite a septuagenarian, but I remember in my youth it used to be "After you my dear Alphonse. No. no after you my dear Gaston!" Read more

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On December 02 at 2:02 PM by lidilu

Hey Sarah, to me it's more like a neutral tone there. We often say it to people who are close to us. It's like saying 'what are you worrying about, yo... Read more

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On December 02 at 1:54 PM by pretzellogic

Future vocabulary suggestion: there isn't really a good place to put this unless I create a new discussion thread for it, or dig up an existing thread... Read more

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On December 02 at 1:46 PM by pretzellogic

yeah, I remember Moonlighting also..... too bad it ended the way it did. Read more

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On December 02 at 1:40 PM by dagah

Hi, I have a question(not related to this lesson) How to say normal for an object? Like "a normal book/bike/movie" etc? for example&nbsp... Read more