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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On April 22 at 4:30 PM by kimiik

Hi Petuniaz, In France the kite is called "cerf-volant" which is a déformation of the word "serpent-volant" (flying snake) that was used when the f... Read more

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Posted on: 网络红人
On April 22 at 3:44 PM by shawogyal

I like it a lot .it is very helpful to learn chinese language. Read more

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On April 22 at 3:30 PM by alwingate

Can anyone tell me why I have not received this lesson in my iTunes feed?  With all the changes it is very difficult to navigate the site.   Read more

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Posted on: Flying a Kite
On April 22 at 3:06 PM by petuniaz

The original word for kite, many centuries ago, was paper hawk 纸鹰 zhi3 ling1. As the kite evolved, kitemakers attached noisemakers and the name becam... Read more

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On April 22 at 2:54 PM by bodawei

My children were 'too heavy to carry' around say 10 years of age, well before they were 'already grown up'. So I would go with the first interpretati... Read more

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On April 22 at 2:32 PM by changye

Hi frances and orangina Thanks a lot for your replies. Looks like Gumby is not as universal as Mickey Mouse, hehe. In any case, thanks to Haibao, G... Read more

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On April 22 at 2:27 PM by orangina

Maybe not so popular recently... But anyone over 30 I am sure would know him, and probably many people younger than that as well. I had a Gumby and a... Read more

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Posted on: 网络红人
On April 22 at 2:20 PM by martin2010

怎么没人介绍一下凤姐？中国最雷人的网络红人！！！ Read more

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On April 22 at 2:18 PM by frances

No. Gumby was a fairly popular and long-standing children's TV show. He was always a character for kids, but I doubt most of the current generation of... Read more

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Posted on: What's Your Name?
On April 22 at 2:17 PM by clarej

hahaha.. with that, I agree..Xd Read more