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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 10:52 AM by zhenlijiang

Bodawei I think you're right in your second thoughts about bells also 叫ing like animal sounds. 她按了床边的铃叫护士来。 tā àn le chuáng biān de líng jiào hùs... Read more

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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 10:13 AM by hamshank

Thanks bodawei...so using your examples My alarm goes off at 6am every day 每天六點我鬧鐘鳴了 - míngtián liùdiǎn nàozhōng míng le When my alarm goes o... Read more

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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 10:03 AM by bodawei

my dictionary has two verbs 鸣 míng and 响 xiǎng; both seem to be used for rings, or is ringing. 鸣 seems to be onomatopoeic (like a bird?) diành... Read more

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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 9:46 AM by hamshank

Instead of saying "set" (定 dìng) my alarm (鬧鐘 nàozhōng), how do we say "goes off" or "rings" So we can say things like..... my alarm... Read more

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Posted on: 我不做剩女
On September 17 at 9:31 AM by connie

这里的"推销出去"是"嫁出去"的意思。 因为对话里的两个人是很好的朋友，所以用了很幽默的语言。 Read more

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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 9:23 AM by zhenlijiang

谢谢 Jenny。 Read more

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Posted on: 我不做剩女
On September 17 at 8:57 AM by rinsan

“我 看 你 什么 时候 能 把 自己 推销 出去 。” 这里的“推销出去”是什么意思啊？ Read more

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Posted on: Set the Alarm Clock
On September 17 at 8:43 AM by jennyzhu

The alarm function on cell phones is referred to as “手机闹钟功能”/shǒujī nàozhōng gōngnéng. The dialogue plays three times now. Thank you for pointing i... Read more

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Posted on: Getting a Tattoo
On September 17 at 8:28 AM by kimiik

haha, getting inked with a Taiwanese packaging text ! 買櫻花 送油網 (买樱花 送油网) we send you some oil filters for the Sakura (product) you bought Read more

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On September 17 at 8:15 AM by connie

作形容词的时候，"特殊"跟"特别"意思差不多。 "特别"还可以作副词。比如：他的中文说得特别好！ Read more