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Posted on: Toothache
On November 25 at 3:08 AM by bodawei

I went to a hospital in Hangzhou with my daughter for dental work.  Cost to see dentist, 5 RMB.  :)  We had to pay 35 RMB, separately,... Read more

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Posted on: Toothache
On November 25 at 2:56 AM by JasonSch

补牙 bǔyá is in fact 'to have a cavity filled'. Fixed! Read more

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Posted on: Toothache
On November 25 at 2:43 AM by bodawei

I thought 补牙 bu3ya2 was to have a cavity in a tooth filled.  BTW - in the vocab list you show the English translation as 'bull'.   Read more

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Posted on: Toothache
On November 25 at 2:38 AM by jbaldwi1

In the past, we used to go to Barber shops to get our teeth pulled. Read more

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Posted on: Blind Massage
On November 25 at 2:34 AM by bodawei

There are distinctive rubber brick paths on seemingly every footpath in China - a different texture and colour to the surrounding footpath (see magaof... Read more

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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On November 25 at 2:17 AM by toianw

ha ha - Now you mention it, I don't think the CCTV Spring Festival Gala goes back nearly that far. I think the first was in the early 80s, so just had... Read more

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On November 25 at 1:58 AM by ahed shullar

thank you 明白了 Read more

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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On November 25 at 1:47 AM by John

Wow, good work! That's one of those things where everyone has heard the line, but no one knows what it's from. Now we do! Read more

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On November 25 at 1:43 AM by the.niceplace

Whose precise definition? Read more

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Posted on: Second-hand Bicycle
On November 25 at 1:15 AM by bodawei

toianw That is impressive research! I hope you didn't have to look through 50 + years of Spring Festival galas. :) But thanks for the info -... Read more