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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:55 AM by jen_not_jenny

I'm just enough of a nerd to have laughed out loud at this. Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:51 AM by John

If they call it 双吉 (shuāng jí), maybe that could go even further and call it 喆 (zhé). :) Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:42 AM by zhenlijiang

Hi Chanelle -不上 can be used with 买, but not I don't think for what you wish to say--that you aren't able to buy that cheese because it's not available... Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:40 AM by ellen_counselor

Correct. I heard they call it 双吉 for short in McDonald's. Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:24 AM by jimijames

A Double Cheeseburger in Chinese is 双层吉士汉堡包 shuāngcéngjīshìhànbǎobāo Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:19 AM by chanelle77

Hi John, The German Bakery here uses phonetic translations or descriptive for example 巴尔马干酪 if I'm not mistaken. Regarding the complements of 买 my... Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 9:15 AM by jen_not_jenny

Personally, I think that 芝士粉 zhīshì fěn is a singularly accurate term for this: That doesn't deserve to be called cheese...芝士，吉士， or 奶酪。。... Read more

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On July 27 at 8:49 AM by ellen_counselor

男的是“娶“妻，也说“讨老婆“。女的是“嫁”人 Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 8:44 AM by ellen_counselor

Haha.....For some people, maybe cheese smells like hell but tastes like heaven. Read more

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Posted on: Smelly Cheese
On July 27 at 8:32 AM by pretzellogic

I didn't mind cheese looking like soap, but I minded when it smelled or tasted like soap. Read more