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Posted on: Drinking Game
On July 22 at 5:47 PM by bill

大家好! 好久不见 (-: We've (my wife and I) been traveling. We began in Moscow and then took a river boat to St. Petersburg. Super trip. We are now in Lon... Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Sections 5-6
On July 22 at 5:13 PM by KokaTiger

Thanks for another great Pinyin lesson.  My question is about the difference of the sound of "er" in pinyin and "r" in English even though they a... Read more

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Posted on: Drinking Game
On July 22 at 5:04 PM by inland

Because I'm between ellie and intermediate, the conversations between John and Jenny are part of the learning experience.  Could those be tr... Read more

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On July 22 at 4:56 PM by changbiyuan

I recall the coke chicken wings being pretty tasty when a friend brought them over once. Pete, about the diarrhea from cold drinks, I've heard this... Read more

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On July 22 at 4:48 PM by changbiyuan

最近我的太阳镜坏了,可是镜片没碎.是 边 框是 断了!(Not sure if I used the right word for "frame" there— 边 框 biān kuàng.) So is 破 the right word for shoes... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On July 22 at 2:48 PM by calicartel

raygo said " Well, I'm sorry to disagree ... but I don't feel that the dialogue or expansion sentences are too fast...You're hearing a... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On July 22 at 2:23 PM by calicartel

期望 (qīwàng) vs. 希望 (xīwàng) Interesting case. Probably alternate spellings due to the closeness of two phonemes (qī and xī) and... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On July 22 at 2:03 PM by ouyili

@changle   Thank you very much -  yeli was the one I had heard. Anyone got any examples of usage. can I use as stock performance as... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On July 22 at 1:49 PM by user8220

大家好! Can someone explain the difference between these two?  They are both translated as 'to hope'. 期望 (qīwàng) vs. 希望... Read more

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On July 22 at 1:44 PM by jicutler

For use with 吧。。。is it true that you can say both: 回来上海吧! and 回上海来吧!! ??? i said 回上海来吧 to a friend and got corrected, but then she relented... Read more