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On October 19 at 2:11 AM by lujiaojie

ice 冰 bīng ice water 冰水 bīngshuǐ Read more

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Posted on: Walking the Bird
On October 19 at 2:07 AM by John

I'm guessing it's so the birds don't get unnecessarily freaked out by their surroundings, but I'm no birdmaster... Read more

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Posted on: Walking the Bird
On October 19 at 2:06 AM by John

You're right; 儿化音 (érhuàyīn) doesn't add an extra syllable, whereas in this case it's an extra syllable adding a cutesy feeling to the original word (... Read more

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Posted on: Walking the Bird
On October 19 at 1:47 AM by lujiaojie

对，笼是量词，在上海也一样，说：“来一笼包子”。 Read more

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Posted on: Walking the Bird
On October 19 at 1:39 AM by John

Glad you're enjoying them! In this case, the sayings are not really chengyu, though. They're more like suyu (俗语). (Chengyu are typically 4 charac... Read more

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Posted on: Walking the Bird
On October 19 at 1:36 AM by John

And it's been in the making ever since then! :) Read more

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Posted on: Future Plans
On October 19 at 1:35 AM by John

Pretzellogic gave a pretty good sum-up. The only correction I would make is that Intermediate lessons typically have 0 chengyu. Read more

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On October 18 at 10:06 PM by xiao_liang

I could be wrong, but I think the alternative is just 一点 without the 儿... Read more

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On October 18 at 9:13 PM by couchboy

Hmm, is '一点儿' more of a Northern China phrase? It seem when I travel to Shenzhen or GuangZhou it is not so common and people look at you a bit funny. Read more

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On October 18 at 6:29 PM by johanchristersson

I read an interesting phrase today in an e-mail that I thought I'd share. 九牛二虎之力. jiǔniúèrhǔzhīlì. Apparently means someth... Read more