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Wow, no tea, pants or clothes. That excludes the top 3 items people send. Talking about tea, there is a mall near the ChinesePod office dedicated to t... Read more

That's because the word 衣服/yi1 fu2 in Chinese means clothes which you wear in your upper body. I suppose the English translation 'clothes' might be a... Read more

When we are buying tea, we are precise about which kind it is. But I think when we are declaring goods, most people are quite general and just say tea... Read more

Thanks Lujiaojie. Read more

Knowing about my tea consumption, my mother in law once sent me some green tea (西湖龙井， xīhú lóngjǐng ) for my birthday. It never arriv... Read more

john, we had pirates, we had star trek, we had computer viruses. imaginary numbers or at least imaginary friends would just be consequent. ;D Read more

Good pickup sydcarten and thanks for posting the link. Read more

I send documents by air (EMS), and send a package (mainly books and food) by sea from Japan to China, which takes about a month. I always enjoy the "w... Read more

I had to do this once. I was sending mahjong and Chinese Chess games to my friend in the US. The conversation was like, "by air or by sea?" we sai... Read more

another thing I'm wondering about is whether Chinese people ordinarily differentiate green tea , red tea, jasmin tea, etc when in similar circums... Read more