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Posted on: Fortunate Cookies
On May 01 at 10:24 PM by kaixin_in_tampa

本命年 - běnmìngnián - Zodiac birth year http://chinesepod.com/tools/glossary/entry/本命年 命运 - mìngyùn - fate, destiny http://chinesepod.com/tools... Read more

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Posted on: More and More
On May 01 at 9:59 PM by darkstar94

yeah, thanks! Read more

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On May 01 at 9:25 PM by giles123

How do you say 'calm down' to an angry person, for example in a bar on the football pitch? Is it 慢走? Read more

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On May 01 at 8:14 PM by ruyide

Thanks for the explanation Read more

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On May 01 at 5:33 PM by weibwo

Your attempts at pinyin don't seem to match.  You pronounced "you" as "neng" or something close to that I think.  Yet the pin yin has it as... Read more

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On May 01 at 4:35 PM by henning

Similar in Germany. "Ausländer" = foreigner is a (neutral) category that is for example used in offical documents or for the "Ausländerbehörde", but... Read more

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Posted on: Requesting a Fork
On May 01 at 4:34 PM by orangina

jiangcheng1985, All of us here are language learners... so I think it is reasonable for us to be patient! Here is a lesson in slang: the -na suffi... Read more

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Posted on: Suffix Magic
On May 01 at 4:28 PM by henning

jiancheng1985 & rongwenqi: Thanks for your helpful answers. Read more

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On May 01 at 4:25 PM by tiaopidepi

It's really uncommon, at least in America, to refer to people as foreigners. If I were to call folks at work "foreigners" I'd be sent in for sensitivi... Read more

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Posted on: An Introduction!
On May 01 at 4:24 PM by henning

Interesting. A Co-Worker from inner mongolia recently claimed that his Shanghainese wife can sometimes understand complete Japanese sentences altho... Read more