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zaiidaho, Glad you liked it!  Qing Wen has covered many of the lower-level topics aleady, so you can expect more intermediate topics in the fu... Read more

ah! bodawei, I understand. I think you are probably right. And helmets are compulsory in the US, too. But 1) who is going to check on off-roaders?... Read more

@simonpettersson You use the Chinese sounds in order to communicate - it is that simple.  You may use English sounds if you like but you will... Read more

@orangina Ah, my post was slightly ambiguous I can see.  The double standard I am referring to is between a bicycle helmet and that required f... Read more

When I speak Swedish (or English, for that matter) and I talk about something that is Chinese, I use sounds from the language that I'm speaking, not s... Read more

alexyzye, 没区别，堵车更书面化（多在中国北方使用），塞车更口语化（多在中国南方使用） Read more

Hi janmusi, you can say it to the people you would meet again. Just like your classmates or colleagues. Hope this could help. Read more

@bodawei True bicycles go fast, but the kind of head injury is different than a construction site... heavy things don't tend to fall directly ont... Read more

@jimijames Your examples reinforce the point that I have been making - but they don't take us any closer to underlying values as an explanation for... Read more

“塞车“和 “堵车“有什么区别呢？ Read more