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Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
On June 09 at 4:23 AM by kaixin_in_tampa

Character "B"'s last line ends in 3 syllables - 去吃啊 - merged into 1 ,an accurate reflection of how most people here actually talk, all the time. Ni... Read more

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Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
On June 09 at 4:20 AM by kaixin_in_tampa

对,2007夏天. That area of Dayan Tower and the Music Fountain is really beautiful, specially at night. I will try to find a way to go back and check out... Read more

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Posted on: A Tour of Xi'an
On June 09 at 3:21 AM by changye

The stroke count of this character is 56, and actually some Chinese characters have more stroke count, i.e. “龍 × 4” and “興 × 4” (64 stroke count). Tha... Read more

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Posted on: 理想女人
On June 09 at 2:49 AM by lilac_counselor

这番话充满了思辨精神! Read more

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On June 09 at 2:18 AM by JasonSch

Hey xiaoliang, I think this translation is a bit misleading, but there's some reasoning behind it. A direct translation would be: "People can't... Read more

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On June 09 at 2:15 AM by connie

"人不应该骄傲。" is correct. "更好谦虚一点。" is wrong. You could say, 谦虚一点比较好。 Read more

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On June 09 at 1:42 AM by lujiaojie

呵呵,没错! Read more

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Posted on: Talking Numbers
On June 09 at 1:32 AM by hkboy

Hey sydcarten, We shall have to talk more about this when the Cantonese series comes. I've got several from Greenwood Press. Read more

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On June 09 at 1:20 AM by changye

子曰,过犹不及也。 Read more

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Posted on: Talking Numbers
On June 09 at 1:16 AM by changye

I prefer numbers to marks for indicating tones. Tone marks are often too small to recognize, especially when they are shown on browsers. I sometimes h... Read more