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I once accompanied one of my Chinese friends to an acupuncture doctor, and there I saw the friend yelling with severe pain. The needles the doctor use... Read more
Cpod, three of the expansion sentences show only english translation (ie. no Hanzi and no mouseover Pinyin). Read more
I should add that traditional methods are far from dying out. It is indeed popular; or a better word is probably 'ingrained'. There are many more sm... Read more
Can I add to Changye's response? I agree with his points, but there is also a significant portion of the population who would consider it 'backward'.... Read more
Hi Changye Gotcha! Thanks for that. I did suspect that you were talking 口语. By the way, it is kind of formal in English as well, unless said as a j... Read more
Hi bodawei "海量" (in the sense of "magnanimous") is a very formal word, so it's usually not used in everyday conversation. Read more
Ah, this raises an interesting cultural question that we were just discussing over on Xiaophil's 'List of Emotions'. In my experience you would never... Read more
In reality, just saying "你是海量" (without context) automatically means "You can drink much/You have great alcohol capacity". Read more
these reply and edit functions continue to surprise me.I posted a reply to changye which came up straight under his comment and then decided to add so... Read more
"羊肉串"..哎哟 ！！ 呵呵 Read more