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Hi pete, tvan and zhenlijiang One of my Chinese-Japanese dictionaries, published in 1991, says that 的 (de) has been sometimes used instead of... Read more

I'm wondering what the traditional French food is like? Shrimps or snails? Lobster maybe! I watched the movie Ratatouille ，and the mouse knows very w... Read more

I hope no-one minds me posting the link to my dictionary again. I know some people have a problem with double-posting. There may be Newbies out there... Read more

Hi mikeinewshot, If it is the French restaurant in Yangshou I went to when I was last there, there food might not be so French, but they do do a go... Read more

Tvan, Pete, It may be just that I don't know enough Chinese yet, but don't find the 的, 地, 得 confusing! In fact I think it would be very c... Read more

Hi tvan Hear, hear. I vigorously oppose language simplification when it leads to loss of color or depth (e.g. the blurring of disinterested/unint... Read more

Hi bababardwan I love the French Concession, and lived there last year. Some of the architecture is wonderful and charming. But there's not much F... Read more

Funny, I said it incorrectly here but correctly in another post :) Thanks pete. Read more

In Shanghai,are the French restaurants mainly to be found in the old French concession? How much Frenchness is left in that district? Read more

shenyajin Many thanks.  It was the gao that I didn't get - I suppose I thought it was 高.  I now understand!  She is saying that in t... Read more