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Posted on: Taxis and Taobao
On October 19 at 8:05 AM by John

bodawei, Hehe... "Exposed to danger" is a feeling that is hard to avoid when riding taxis in China. :) Read more

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On October 19 at 8:02 AM by pretzellogic

Matt, thanks for the reply.  Read more

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Posted on: Language Exchange
On October 19 at 7:38 AM by helenshen_counselor

@,li4wei3, 您说中文吗？ 您好！我自学中文，我觉得中文很美，也很有用。我想找几个中国人跟我练习说中文。我也可以跟你练习说英文,法文。我们见面吧！给我发邮件。 Read more

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Posted on: Taxis and Taobao
On October 19 at 7:31 AM by bodawei

I recommend that you never ask a Chinese taxi driver to do a U-turn.  The other day my driver completed such a turn (un-asked) on one of those fe... Read more

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On October 19 at 6:53 AM by lujiaojie

ancalagon： 只有他知道。zhǐyǒu tā zhīdào. can not say :就有 我只能星期一来。wǒ zhǐnéng xīngqīyī lái. can not say : 就能 Read more

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Posted on: The Door
On October 19 at 6:39 AM by bababardwan

chiongzibide, Thanks mate for that.Hehe,here's a case where I would actually have been better off with the Chinese than the Roman Alphabet...I know... Read more

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Posted on: 混合动力车
On October 19 at 6:22 AM by shanpan

哈哈，里面还有俚语，“这车维修保养费用肯定高了去了”这里的“高了去了”就是俚语。 Read more

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On October 19 at 6:16 AM by changye

Hi bodawei and tal On second thought, transliterated words in Japanese might be, in general, "a little less disastrous" than those in Chinese with... Read more

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Posted on: Taxis and Taobao
On October 19 at 6:13 AM by bababardwan

John, Oh right.Sorry 'bout that.Thanks for setting me [and poddies I may have led astray] straight. Actually it interested me because once again her... Read more

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Posted on: Taxis and Taobao
On October 19 at 5:59 AM by simonpettersson

Wait, what? Fake Kaixinwang? Interesting! What's up with that? Lack of brand name protection laws in China, or what? Read more