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Posted on: Instant Noodles
On April 02 at 2:11 AM by lujiaojie

"起来" here means" ......的时候 de shíhou" ( When ) 这个用起来很不方便。When I use it, this is not convenient. You're right, That should be 冰激淩 (bīngjīlíng) o... Read more

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On April 02 at 1:58 AM by lujiaojie

I'm always here with ChinesePod. Read more

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On April 02 at 1:31 AM by pretzellogic

Interesting dialogue that we haven't had before, so this is good. Just curious, do people play Twister in China?  I don't even see commercials... Read more

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Posted on: Instant Noodles
On April 02 at 1:25 AM by changye

无所谓 = 无 (nothing) + 所 (to) + 谓 (say) = whatever Read more

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On April 02 at 1:03 AM by changye

The “起来” means "if you do ~, when you do ~", so the sentence means "You look very beautiful when you smile." Read more

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On April 02 at 12:59 AM by changye

我是银行的 = 我是银行的(人)。 By the same token, you can say “我是在银行工作的(人)” (I work for a bank). Read more

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On April 01 at 10:40 PM by JasonSch

Yeah, xiao_liang is right. You can put 人 rén, on the end of a country's name to describe a person from that place, and 我是 wǒ shì, means, 'I am'. A... Read more

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On April 01 at 10:31 PM by jianada123

我是一個醫科學生。 在我實習時,孕婦每次到 助產士,家庭醫生或婦科醫生 復診 ,都會量宮高。chistudent說得對, 量 宮高是一種 監視 胎兒成長的一種方法。 另外,在加拿大(跟我知道的另外西方國家)做超音波的檢查多數都是用所謂的B超,但是沒有特別説明... Read more

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On April 01 at 9:20 PM by helencao_counselor

不用谢! Those two sentences are grammatically correct. (Note: A 的 at the end of the first sentence is needed.) "我不会留胡子的" (wǒ bù huì liú húzi de) m... Read more

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Posted on: Instant Noodles
On April 01 at 8:40 PM by xiao_liang

Wú means "not", I've just been told suǒwèi means "so-called". It's just one of those weird phrases that makes no sense, I guess :) Read more