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I was impressed with the high speed train in Taiwan. Fast, clean, always on time. Quite a contrast to the UK! A friend told me that... Read more
Hi! What's the difference between 特快 (te4kuai4), 动车 (dong4che1) and the 直达 (zhi2da2)? Read more
Are there any linguistic phenomena that could be described as, ninja-fied? Read more
异教 is all I could find for "pagan" too, which is a shame because pagan and heresy are not the same thing. True, a monotheist would consider paganism t... Read more
We Cantonese speakers say 蜜糖 for honey so I have no problem remembering that 蜜 stands for honey, and naturally 蜂蜜 would be bee honey. Somehow, as... Read more
你好, 我目前住在臺灣。 我沒聽過臺灣人說“動車”。 他們會用“臺鐵”或是“高鐵”。 臺鐵的意思就是普通的火車。 高鐵很快也是新的。 動車是大陸的用法嗎? Read more
great little QW...and 对了, I learnt a new English word as well! Read more
When I was in Beijing, I had to buy my own ticket for the train to Shanghai.. I found the tiny little ticket selling place along some street near my h... Read more