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On July 25 at 3:50 AM by bababardwan

hehe,yeah.Another example: 我是质检官，你跟我来。 I'm a quarantine officer,come with me. 或者，我是性疾病医务室者，我有新闻为你。 【or,I'm an std clinic worker,I have som... Read more

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On July 25 at 3:47 AM by machenghan

This was very useful - trying to learn measure words from a book is so painful I just don't do it and end up using 个 all the time, but listening to th... Read more

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On July 25 at 3:28 AM by zhong_bide

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On July 25 at 3:24 AM by Jess_Andersen

changye, Would one have to be 汉 in order to be 好汉 ? Read more

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On July 25 at 3:23 AM by zhong_bide

I would have liked to see the answer to the question! eg. wo3 shi4 hu4shi  ( I am a nurse) or wo3 shi4 jing3cha2. ni3 gen1 wo3 lai2 ( I am a... Read more

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On July 25 at 3:18 AM by changye

一口 猪 (a pig) is very visual. 一条 好汉 (a nice guy) is interesting. Read more

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On July 25 at 2:25 AM by kaixin_in_tampa

Thank you Jenny. I will check out the other lesson. I think liàng cí make 中文 very  special, I really like them. Hey laodie thank... Read more

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On July 25 at 2:23 AM by changye

I bought a small "量词用法词典" (measure words usage dictionary) the other day. Guys, don't worry. Learning Chinese measure words is not difficult. There ar... Read more

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On July 25 at 2:18 AM by changye

Hi changbiyuan You can say both "你是医生吗？" and "你是大夫吗？". 大夫 is more colloquial (and traditional) than 医生. For the record, 大夫 was pronounced as "da4 f... Read more

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Posted on: Drinking Game
On July 25 at 2:17 AM by Tal

@zhenlijiang - an extremely generous proposal! Anyone willing to take her up on it? Incidentally zhenlijiang, that's a stylish (and topical) new a... Read more