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On January 12 at 10:15 AM by sammypaika09

hey xiaophil, Thanks for that idiom. Read more

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On January 12 at 10:14 AM by toianw

Hi, In the expansion and exercise there's this expression: 我 吃 了 药 ， 头 不 痛 了。 but in the audio I hear 我 吃 了 药 了 ， 头 不 痛 了。... Read more

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On January 12 at 9:58 AM by xiaophil

sammy, you just reminded me of a Chinese idiom I learned today, 咬文嚼字 [yǎowénjiáozì]pay excessive attention to wording. Don't get the wrong idea, thou... Read more

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On January 12 at 9:51 AM by baifameizhong

I'm slightly confused about the use of 痛 (tong4)  and 疼 (teng1). There was recently an intermediate lesson where 痛 was used, just like here. I... Read more

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On January 12 at 9:37 AM by janety

Maybe you are trying to say "提到我"? interesting. hehehe Read more

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On January 12 at 9:20 AM by sammypaika09

there's only one "English country", and it's called Britain...okay, what the heck I'll just say it:"Great Britain". Read more

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On January 12 at 9:20 AM by patrick0530

I've often seen ambulances sitting at traffic lights in China with the roof light on but seemingly in no rush.  In the back are a motley of unwel... Read more

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On January 12 at 9:16 AM by sammypaika09

wow, "jiu" and "jiao" sound nothing alike to me. It seems to me that when Chinese people speak Chinese, it's widely accepted for people to misprounoun... Read more

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On January 12 at 9:01 AM by connie

Thank you for pointing that out. We'll fix it soon. Read more

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On January 12 at 8:59 AM by connie

Because the actor spoke quickly, like in an emergency, the pronunciation of 叫jiao4 may have come out sounding a bit rushed, and similar to 'jiu'. Read more