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Posted on: Dogs and Wealth
On January 20 at 2:20 AM by anonymous19008

And why is it that Dog Meat does not qualify as a related lesson?! Read more

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Posted on: Christmas Dinner
On January 20 at 2:14 AM by JasonSch

In general, beef is cooked in these ways: well-done, medium-well, medium, medium-rare and rare. So, yep, medium-well is right in between well-done and... Read more

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Posted on: Social Networking
On January 20 at 2:12 AM by xiaophil

哈哈,知道了,谢谢你们的很仔细解释! Read more

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Posted on: Can't Get to Sleep
On January 20 at 2:10 AM by Jess_Andersen

There is a line in the spoken dialogue that isn't in the written dialogue.   Read more

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Posted on: Dogs and Wealth
On January 20 at 2:08 AM by changye

Hi John I thought it would be the name of a Chinese scientist. 牛顿 is a nice name, although your dog might not like the character 牛 (cow) in the nam... Read more

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Posted on: Dogs and Wealth
On January 20 at 1:58 AM by anonymous19008

Probably! Sort of reminds of a Japanese children's story called 吞掉公主的巨人 that I once read (in Chinese) where a giant liked the princess so much that he... Read more

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Posted on: Social Networking
On January 20 at 1:55 AM by DavidXuzhou

Hi xiaophil, 我们很欢迎喜欢咬文嚼字的同学,这样大家可以一起讨论和学习。请允许我来回答你的问题。 我猜你那位中文老师的意思应该是“说(shui4)服”。 的确,“说”这个字有两个常用的读音,一个是“shuo1",一个是"shui4"。在”说服“这个词里面,这两个读音在含... Read more

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Posted on: 中西方幽默
On January 20 at 1:51 AM by lujiaojie

01:22 那这个问题其实就是想让大家自己来发挥一下你的思维,你觉得这是一种好方法吗。 01:28 那等一下,我和乐观细细地讲我们俩的观点—— 对,我们会讨论一下。 ——好吗。 05:49 大我也是,等一下咱们可以讨论一下不认同的是哪一部分 06:32 其实只是... Read more

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Posted on: Social Networking
On January 20 at 1:40 AM by John

Heh, I had a professor in grad school who said the same thing. In fact, she forbid anyone from pronouncing 说服 as "shuōfú", insisting that the correct... Read more

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Posted on: Social Networking
On January 20 at 1:39 AM by connie

《现代汉语词典》上,说服的读音是"shuōfú". 但是以前我们的确是读"shuìfú". 我认为,"shuōfú"或"shuìfú"这两种读音都是可行的。 Read more