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On April 24 at 4:10 AM by washingtondcmandarincooperative

Hi, Becca: Is your new convention for characters with multiple readings / different meanings  to give the pronunciation for the word you think is... Read more

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On April 24 at 3:45 AM by dorothycowling

“淡季” – water on two fires season – cool! Read more

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On April 24 at 2:59 AM by GavinHW

The vocabulary for this lesson has East and the secondary directions, but not the other ordinal directions north and south. I can remember North fro... Read more

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On April 24 at 1:53 AM by BeccaChu

馀 is a variant form of 余. Although it's less commonly used, it's interchangeable as the other 余! Read more

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On April 24 at 1:43 AM by BeccaChu

符 is the second tone in the dictionary, but in daily usages you'd hear people pronounce it as second tone or third tone! Read more

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On April 24 at 1:31 AM by BeccaChu

Hi Yingyue, you'd hear people pronounce 一模一样 as yìmóyíyàng, but in the written text, it would be yīmúyīyàng. Read more

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On April 24 at 1:10 AM by BeccaChu

Hi Yingyue, “喂” is only pronounced as the second tone when you're in a phone call, so we chose to keep the original fourth tone in the wri... Read more

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On April 24 at 1:02 AM by BeccaChu

Hi Gavin, 没事儿 is commonly used in northern China, especially in Beijing. Read more

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On April 23 at 9:49 PM by GavinHW

Beer is still missing from the vocab. It's important, otherwise what else am I supposed to do on these humid evenings? :) Read more

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On April 23 at 9:41 PM by GavinHW

Is 没事儿 regional? I don't think I've ever heard it used. Read more