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Posted on: Grammar Lesson
On September 03 at 1:21 PM by zhong_bide

Who began the silly myth that Chinese doesn't have grammar?  I've had chinese students in Australia even tell me that Chinese is easy (for nati... Read more

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Posted on: 淘金热
On September 03 at 11:11 AM by lydia1981

Jenny找了归宿吗?Jiaojie有什么内幕消息呢? Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Section 15
On September 03 at 10:40 AM by jennyzhu

@chris, I just tried your tip. It's wonderful! The Pinyin Program has made me see pinyin and the sound of Chinese in a completely different light.... Read more

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Posted on: Traffic
On September 03 at 10:17 AM by nikiko

Great lesson! Taxi is also referred to as 的士 (di2shi4) .. likely from the English transliteration. 出租車 (chu1zu1che1) sounds like rental car to m... Read more

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On September 03 at 10:17 AM by Tal

mbettinson, you should be able to work out that I have way too much time on my hands. Sometimes I play with words for fun. I do not mean any harm by i... Read more

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On September 03 at 10:17 AM by chanelle77

Currently I am working on a few "old" intermediate lessons and they are mostly in Chinese, it is "Shopping", "This is outrageous", there appears to be... Read more

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Posted on: Grammar Lesson
On September 03 at 10:08 AM by chrisbackhouse

I guess you have explained this elsewhere but can someone explain (again) the difference in meaning when using "yi dian" before or after an adjective:... Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Section 15
On September 03 at 9:59 AM by chris

Haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I'll never forget the suggestion given to me by my first Mandarin teacher.  Basically, make a continuous... Read more

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On September 03 at 9:42 AM by mbettinson

tal, I'm sure the comment was artfully put but I fail to grasp the gist of it. I'm not really sure where the avatar-less issue comes into it... unless... Read more

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On September 03 at 8:55 AM by helenshen_counselor

@emberswift, yes, "开除", "to dismiss". “炒”,"to fire" 表现=personality+performance figures+approach of doing things... 业绩=performance figu... Read more