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On November 15 at 9:17 PM by bababardwan

hiewhongliang, "Eg. is there any way for 老百姓 to know how their local hospital triage is suppose to work?" ...excellent question. I was going to... Read more

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On November 15 at 8:33 PM by xiao_liang

Looks like you need some help with yours! :) (profile pic that is... as it's blank right now) Read more

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On November 15 at 8:32 PM by xiao_liang

As one of the other token Brits I agree with Trevor! Although confusingly, in the UK you can also have jelly which refers to a sweeter clear jam.... Read more

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On November 15 at 8:26 PM by trevorb

Actually in England Jelly is what Americans call jell-o. i.e. something eaten with ice cream or used to make trifle. Jam is the same but sometim... Read more

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On November 15 at 8:15 PM by abelle

Cathering and Jenny: It is interesting to hear about the teaching situation in Shanghai. It is the same here at the school where I'm taking Chinese... Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On November 15 at 5:29 PM by Mingmao

Thank you, bodawei. Read more

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On November 15 at 5:07 PM by lidilu

xie xie xiao liang Read more

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Posted on: 出租白人
On November 15 at 5:01 PM by tingyun

I think English-Chinese dictionaries are fine for giving a very generalized sense of the meaning, but they consistently lose or misrepresent subtle me... Read more

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On November 15 at 4:52 PM by lidilu

谢谢 Read more

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Posted on: Shaolin Temple
On November 15 at 4:51 PM by tingyun

Not really - 和尚 is a transliteration from Sanskrit while 僧人 arose directly from Chinese language. Both are fairly general terms for 出家chu1jia1 Buddhis... Read more