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On October 16 at 10:16 AM by bodawei

@John can you say 转左拐.. or is that just plain wrong?   Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 16 at 9:22 AM by John

derew, Glad you enjoy it! Read more

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On October 16 at 9:20 AM by John

dreiundzwanzig, You can say both 拐 (guǎi) or 转 (zhuǎn) to mean "turn," and if you combine them with "left" and "right" you get 左拐 (zuǒ guǎi), 右拐 (y... Read more

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On October 16 at 9:17 AM by simonpettersson

It's fun to see the many things a letter combo like "PK" can mean. Though, sdkloos, I think what's used in the lesson is "player kill", not "play a ki... Read more

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On October 16 at 9:16 AM by John

esumner, Glad you enjoyed it! Read more

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On October 16 at 8:35 AM by dreiundzwanzig

Orangina, a taxi driver told me about the 大拐/小拐 thing. It's actually very simple. If you turn left you have to cross another lane before you enter the... Read more

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On October 16 at 8:23 AM by dreiundzwanzig

If I remember correctly I've also heard the expression: zǒu zhuang / yōu zhuang etc. (can't remember the tone) Does anyone know this? What's the ex... Read more

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On October 16 at 8:01 AM by zhong_bide

Techies:The English in the PDF dialogue is incorrect - left and right are the wrong way round.  The hanzi and pinyin are correct. Read more

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On October 16 at 7:49 AM by orangina

ｓｕｐｐｌｅｍｅｎｔａｒｙ　ｖｏｃａｂ　ｓａｙｓ　大拐　ｄａ４ｇｕａｉ３　ｆｏｒ　ｌｅｆｔ　ａｎｄ　小拐　ｘｉａｏ３ｇｕａｉ３　ｆｏｒ　ｒｉｇｈｔ　ｔｕｒｎ．　Ｍｙ　ｇｕｅｓｓ　ｉｓ　ｂｅｃａｕｓｅ　ｌｅｆｔ　ｔｕｒｎｓ　ａｒｅ　ｔｒｉｃｋｉｅｒ．．．ｗｈａｔ　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｔｕｒｎ　ｌａｎｅ... Read more

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On October 16 at 7:24 AM by esumner

Thank you Jenny and John! This was perfect :) Read more