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Excellent answer...thanks mate. That table's got 'em all. It's funny because I've heard Beijing referred to as the jing by Aussies before and I though... Read more
There are 2 expressions in Chinese roughly equivalent to "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". 情人眼里出西施 qíngrén yǎnli chū Xī Shī and... Read more
Hi baba, All provinces have a 1 character abbreviation. You can find a list on this page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_... Read more
Ok, what's up with this line?: 在我们湖lan2，lan2人都很帅，lv3人都很漂亮 ...firstly, I always thought Chinese reputedly prized modesty and humility. So not onl... Read more
I once told a Taiwanese friend's father that I was interested in Chinese philosophy. He mentioned 'Huo2jiao4' as a very widespread religion, and I was... Read more
"[BTW I like it that the Chinese up the ante on our English 'sixes and sevens' - in the sense that 'she was all at sixes and sevens'.]" ...lol. Yea... Read more
ok, trivia time. I've read that Hunan is sometimes called 湘 for short as 湘江 runs through the province. How common is it to hear this? Do many other pr... Read more
Yes, I think that is a reasonable interpretation of this observed behaviour. (From my experience.) Read more
I am not the one to draw the distinctions but the view is often expressed by others (including John in this lesson maybe?) that common expressions lik... Read more
I can't hear the audio for the third exercise for this lesson, "Listen and type". Is it me? or is there a problem with the audio? Read more