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On September 08 at 2:21 AM by anonymous19008

I still have a pref to discuss more grammar in the lessons. I find the tendency is to gravitate towards vocab. Read more

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On September 08 at 2:19 AM by ellen_counselor

”老式的“(old-styled)电饭煲没有“新式的”功能那么多,但是在电饭煲主体和盖子中间还可以加一层,用来蒸菜。 这张图片中就是一个老式的电饭煲: http://image.baidu.com/i?ct=503316480&z=0&tn=baiduimagedetail&word=%... Read more

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On September 08 at 2:01 AM by lujiaojie

Both OK. Read more

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Posted on: Transportation Card
On September 08 at 1:18 AM by rods

Hi Jason, I think Jack's question was referring to the translation for that sentence, which reads: "I added a hundred kuai to my phone last month." We... Read more

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On September 07 at 11:18 PM by JasonSch

This is an error that slipped by before publication. 破玩意儿 should be as it is in the dialog, a thing of low quality, or a 'piece of junk'. Read more

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Posted on: Transportation Card
On September 07 at 11:16 PM by JasonSch

Yes, a test! Okay, not really, but thanks for noticing that. We'll have it corrected soon. Thanks. Read more

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Posted on: 中国的戏剧
On September 07 at 11:14 PM by hsstern

我学本科的时候就上了一门非常有意思的戏剧课。我们看了各种各样的戏剧,包括牡丹停,红楼梦,西厢记,西游记,等等。我认为看电影和看剧本完全不一样。 我的教授(一位美国人)对这个话题很感兴趣,她叫 Prof. Huntington。 有没有人看过了她的文章?而且,有没有人有一些建议我应该看什么关于戏剧... Read more

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Posted on: Transportation Card
On September 07 at 11:14 PM by JasonSch

充 here (short for 充值) means that 100 kuai was added to, or put on, an account of some sort. There isn't enough info in the sentence to know whether it... Read more

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Posted on: Transportation Card
On September 07 at 10:55 PM by rods

I was wondering about that as well. Also, expansion sentence 1. "Tā mǎi le liǎng zhāng huǒchēpiào," is translated as "He bought a train ticket," bu... Read more

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On September 07 at 10:07 PM by flibberdie

Why is 破玩意儿 defined in the vocabulary as "to play"? Read more