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Posted on: City Stats

On November 04 at 7:25 PM by kimiik

What's the chinese word for Commuter town (Dormitory town) ? Is it simply 宿舍城市 or 宿舍地方 ? Read more

Posted on: Which Time Zone?

On November 04 at 6:47 PM by rods

@dogupatree "you've just used a lifetime's ration of leap seconds reading this..." Funny! Just think how many leap seconds ESL teachers must b... Read more

Posted on: Which Time Zone?

On November 04 at 6:28 PM by frognotinawell

With regard to timings: is the 24-hour clock commonly used in China?  Does the train leave the station at 1605 hours or at 5 past 4 pm? &nbsp... Read more

Posted on: Which Time Zone?

On November 04 at 6:19 PM by silktown

Correction: GMT 和 UTC 不一样 GMT hé UTC bù yī yàng GMT and UTC are not the same . GMT is derived from astronomical observations... Read more

Posted on: Applying for a Loan

On November 04 at 5:11 PM by podster

bodawei, Good observation on the exchange rate sentence.  I completely missed that one.  (人民币升值，进出口这行的优势一下子就没了 ) By way of excu... Read more

Posted on: Applying for a Loan

On November 04 at 4:42 PM by bodawei

@podster It is interesting to learn some technical vocab (I'm sorry I can't help much) but you should note that ChinesePod staff are better linguis... Read more

Posted on: Which Time Zone?

On November 04 at 4:38 PM by user20958

Welcome LiLY! It`s nice to have you with us! Read more

Posted on: Applying for a Loan

On November 04 at 3:34 PM by podster

Great lesson, and as with all great lessons leads to many questions:  一笔资金  is translated as "some capital".   I am not used to... Read more

Posted on: Which Time Zone?

On November 04 at 2:53 PM by bodawei

Lily & Lilac 认识你们很高兴！ rènshi nǐmen hěn gāoxìng! Pleased to meet you! Read more

Posted on: Where are you from?

On November 04 at 2:42 PM by bodawei

@rb1956,go_manly Both 澳大利亚 (Àodàlìyà) and 澳洲 (Àozhōu) are 'correct' - you could say that 澳洲 is the 'contine... Read more