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On February 15 at 6:49 PM by weibwo

John Jenny: You missed an opportunity to explain a major cultural difference between Europe/America and China.  You translated negative 3 to 1... Read more

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Posted on: Shanghai Fashion
On February 15 at 6:14 PM by huan9

frankqiu: 时尚界人士shi2shang4jie4ren2shi4 Is that a person from the world of fashion? Chpod: The last sentence of the translation is missing from the... Read more

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On February 15 at 5:42 PM by betaver

And a syllable in the third tone in front of another syllable in the third tone pronounced the second tone. Read more

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On February 15 at 5:40 PM by betaver

I think most Chinese pronounce yī in the tone BETWEEN the forth tone and untoned in front of another syllable in the first tone. Do you think I a... Read more

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On February 15 at 5:34 PM by simonpettersson

The US is pretty much the only country in the world that uses Fahrenheit. Catch on, guys! I agree that -3 is pretty comfortable. We've had -30 arou... Read more

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On February 15 at 5:32 PM by betaver

Celsius It's interesting to compare the temperature of Sanya, Hainan (21℃ now，night) Mohe, Heilongjiang (-35℃) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~... Read more

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On February 15 at 5:23 PM by betaver

To make it clear, you'd better say 1&2."我（就/马上）要来了"/"我快来了" 3.“我已经来了”/"我已经到（这里）了"/"我来（过）了" Yes it's context-dependent. Some examples: (It's qu... Read more

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On February 15 at 5:14 PM by kangxia

Thanks Jason. I understand that tones vary in practice, but in this case Jenny very specifically and carefully said "yībān" 4 times during the discus... Read more

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On February 15 at 4:50 PM by si1teng2

In China, is temperature measured in Celsius (摄氏度-Sheshi du) or Fahrenheit (华氏度 Huashi du)? If it's -3C, that's not too uncomfortable! Read more

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On February 15 at 3:54 PM by fulankelin

Jan Wong, a Canadian journalist and a CBC (Canadian born Chinese), has spent about 20 of the past 40 years in China including getting a degree from Be... Read more