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On June 18 at 12:30 AM by changye

Exactly interpreting, 尊重（中国的）主权和（中国）领土完整 （外国）不（许）侵犯 （外国）不（许）干涉（中国）内政 Read more

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On June 18 at 12:20 AM by xiaophil

There are always ways to justify such a move. A temporary action to 'restore order' 恢复秩序 Whereupon the Chinese government would establish a '... Read more

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On June 18 at 12:01 AM by xiaophil

Yeah, that's a bit weird. Read more

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Posted on: World Cup Football
On June 17 at 11:07 PM by zhenlijiang

I'm transcribing this lesson (wa, John new at hosting Upper Inter!) and benefiting from this list; thank you Mike esp for 应景 (which I thought was 引颈,... Read more

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Posted on: Fun at the Beach
On June 17 at 10:56 PM by littleswallow

据我所知，“我来了”有两个意思："I'm coming!“　和 "I'm here!" (said after someone has just arrived) Read more

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Posted on: Are You Free?
On June 17 at 10:49 PM by eisenhower

I see that they use shang4wu3 for morning.  But I also know that zao3shang means morning. Are both of these Chinese word able to be used in s... Read more

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Posted on: 人类的起源
On June 17 at 10:08 PM by alexyzye

Just because Chinese people are descendants of the latest waves of humans from Africa does not preclude the possibility that they "mixed" with Homo Er... Read more

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On June 17 at 9:03 PM by bababardwan

thanks John. oh yeah of course,tone of voice trumps all as always. I wonder how they would interpret those two phrases in a novel. I guess in that cas... Read more

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On June 17 at 8:20 PM by dunderklumpen

Thanks for the replies guys! Baba, I thought so too, but in this lesson the teacher used 是不是~ to confirm what she suspected. I guess a question... Read more

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Posted on: Diet Coke
On June 17 at 7:14 PM by pfmiller

Why do you find the word for calorie strange? A calorie is unit for measuring heat, so the Chinese word for it seems perfectly fitting. Read more