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On March 15 at 3:57 AM by go_manly

Thanks again for that - very useful stuff. Perhaps those words should be used in lessons. Read more

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On March 15 at 3:54 AM by JasonSch

...wait, how am I going to translate these dialect lessons! ha! Read more

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On March 15 at 3:47 AM by go_manly

I'm sorry, but you are wrong. Definition from yourdictionary.com: "...dialects are regarded as being, to some degree, mutually intelligible whil... Read more

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On March 15 at 3:41 AM by changye

Colloquial Cantonese is not the same as Mandarin (or sometimes rather different from each other) even if they are written down, although both have a l... Read more

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On March 15 at 3:23 AM by changye

Hi jimoya 我同意，我的看法和你的一样。中国还有“顾客是皇帝“这个说法，这好像是把“The customer is king”翻译成汉语的。 Read more

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Posted on: 望子成龙
On March 15 at 3:18 AM by lujiaojie

在北方，用”您“还是挺普遍的，对长辈，对老师，对不认识的陌生人，都可以用”您“。 Read more

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On March 15 at 3:17 AM by connie

Thank you for pointing that out. Fixed now. Read more

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On March 15 at 3:13 AM by jennyzhu

You can use both '家'(jiā) and ‘个'(gè) as measure words for a company. For example, 一个公司/yīgè gōngsī and 一家公司/yījiā gōngsī are both correct. And they... Read more

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Posted on: 中年危机
On March 15 at 3:08 AM by connie

4：22 后面呢，他用一个玩笑，把整个气氛变得很活跃了 5：13 该出家了（出家chūjiā：去寺庙当和尚或者尼姑。） 6：15 搞不清楚自己的一个处境（处境chǔjìng：现在的情况） 6:23 眼前呢，有一大片雾， 迷住了双眼 7:57 你去伸手一抓 8:39 把你... Read more

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Posted on: 望子成龙
On March 15 at 3:06 AM by changye

Hi jimoya 我估计，那好像很可能是在一个贵族家庭发生的对话！ Read more