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On August 22 at 12:01 AM by matthewg

I'm curous about qing1cai4.   Is it what we would call chinese cabbage or bok choi?   Or is it a completely different vegetable? Read more

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On August 21 at 8:06 PM by orangina

bodawei, is this the 佛手瓜 you refered to? What did Australian 50's mothers do with it? We sold it occationally at the high end grocery store I used to... Read more

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On August 21 at 7:06 PM by chanelle77

Dear RJ and Changye, Thank you very much for your help! It is much appreciated :-).  Read more

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On August 21 at 7:04 PM by ryanchild

re "peanuts" in Taiwan, I'm pretty sure I've heard 花生, though 土豆 might be used as well. tw.dictionary.yahoo.com translates peanuts as 花生 and potato... Read more

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On August 21 at 5:31 PM by weibwo

Jenny I have taught ESL to Chinese students for some 30 years.  The pronunciation problem between day and date is what I call the lazy final c... Read more

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On August 21 at 4:38 PM by stanimal

shouldn't 现代化　mean 'modernization' as opposed to 'modernized'? Read more

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On August 21 at 4:25 PM by ouxiansheng

@Connie，谢谢你！       .--. ---.    (  ' -- '/  )   (  '.. - ...'  )     '.'-.... Read more

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On August 21 at 4:11 PM by julio

在巴西青菜就是常见, 我认为葡萄牙人从澳门带来了.另一方面，他们从巴西拿内龙眼，菠萝，腰果等等。 在中国我吃了"taro"冰淇淋，这就是什么? Read more

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On August 21 at 3:56 PM by bodawei

Hi culturedragon That is more or less right, but note that the year is added at birth and then instead of using the anniversary of your actual birt... Read more

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On August 21 at 3:08 PM by bodawei

@change Ha ha. That is like your other story about buying books by the 斤！ BTW I think that China makes very good long johns, but then in Australia... Read more