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for me, this word 野餐 yěcān [picnic] is definitely a good example of where knowing the breakdown of a word will make it easy to remember [open space/wi... Read more

here is a site that has alot of info regarding chinese food  (If I can add the link correctly) and you can find names for food dishes and fruit... Read more

Thanks for the food related lesson.  I've spend the past few weeks studying all the food vocab I can before my trip to China, so that even if I c... Read more

Heh... Trust me, the Chinese don't consider sandwich-making hard. How many times have I heard, "western food is so simple; it's all just a bunch of... Read more

When I was doing my post-graduate studies (many years ago), I was told that the "thesis" was the proposal or topic to be studied, and the "dissertatio... Read more

You wouldn't need to picnic in China, there are that many delicious food stores everywhere. I can remember I had to give cooking classes to an India... Read more

1. If there are two 3rd tones, the first one is pronounced as a 2nd tone. 2. If there are three 3rd tones, they are generally pronounced as 2nd, 2... Read more

You're right that in the US post doc work doesn't usually require a paper, but its reason for existing at all is to provide funds and time for researc... Read more

Is 农民工 only used to refer to peasant farmers who moved to the cities to do labor work? What about other types of migrant workers, such as foreign dome... Read more

"ni yao shen me ma" sounds a bit strange. You can definitely use "shen me" and "ma" in the same sentence, but I would reword it like this: nǐ yào s... Read more