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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 10:23 AM by DavidXuzhou

philidor, Interesting, so you and your brother can play in duet. 二重奏 (er4 chong2 zou4) Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 10:09 AM by philidor

dldshanghai, thanks! Actually, my brother plays the bassoon (professionally) and I play the oboe (amateurishly) Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 10:00 AM by DavidXuzhou

Hi philidor, basson is 巴松管(ba1 song1 guan3) or 大管(da4 guan3) Basson is more biger and sounds lower than oboe. And they are all belong to 木管乐器... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 9:39 AM by jennyhow

wow PK really suprised me because in Hong Kong it has a bad meaning It means "one born out of wedlock" and is said quite often of bosses etc. So I... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 9:38 AM by philidor

about oboes and such: isn't the basson also a kind of shuānghuángguǎn? If so, how are they distinguished? (xiǎo shuānghuángguǎn vs. d... Read more

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Posted on: Morning Hygiene
On October 15 at 9:32 AM by jt820

calkins, you could not have said it any better!! Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 9:02 AM by jimijames

@changye Thank you for this insight. Cheers Read more

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Posted on: 郑和七下西洋
On October 15 at 9:02 AM by ouxiansheng

@Connie：谢谢你！ Read more

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On October 15 at 8:57 AM by miantiao

beach bum, you're joking, right? to my understanding, not much, 个 is a measure word. it can be used to indicate a period in or point of time.... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Idol 2
On October 15 at 8:54 AM by changye

Hi jimijames Chinese people use the word "弹" (play) for the piano not based on its structure/mechanism, but just based on its name "钢 琴 ". The sam... Read more