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Posted on: 武松打虎
On July 03 at 1:22 AM by lujiaojie

namename1011 : "好汉'' 的意思不是 “好汉族人”。 “汉”的意思是“男子”。"好汉''是勇敢坚强、有担当的男人。 Read more

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Posted on: 武松打虎
On July 03 at 1:09 AM by namename1011

"好汉'' 是不是 好汉族人的意思？ Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Sections 1-2
On July 03 at 1:03 AM by sydcarten

Just to be confusing my wife uses Indonesian pinyin so: BU becomes PU GAO becomes KAU ZHAO becomes CAU etc. Read more

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Posted on: Son or Daughter?
On July 03 at 1:02 AM by kaixin_in_tampa

Yong Ho in his book Beginner's Chinese comments that whether or not we use the particle de (的) could be suggestive of our relationship to an objec... Read more

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Posted on: Pinyin Sections 1-2
On July 03 at 12:58 AM by namename1011

is this pinyin lesson series actually useful to anyone? Read more

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Posted on: Son or Daughter?
On July 02 at 11:22 PM by sydcarten

@abbyschrag I'm just a beginner myself, no expert, but I do remember reading that it is usual to drop the 的 when you are talking about a close relat... Read more

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Posted on: 无性婚姻
On July 02 at 11:10 PM by sydcarten

@Christine30550 The German word Dschungel is derived from the English word Jungle, which is in turn derived from the Hindi word Jangal, and that is... Read more

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Posted on: 无性婚姻
On July 02 at 11:05 PM by zhenlijiang

Hi Christine, actually that's what I've already tried to do, which is why I suspect maybe 婚姻 has not been used. And probably have hit some of the larg... Read more

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Posted on: 无性婚姻
On July 02 at 11:01 PM by christine30550

Hi Zhenlijiang, You might find something by googling or baidu-ing some Chinese characters together with part of the English text, or with part of t... Read more

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Posted on: 无性婚姻
On July 02 at 10:58 PM by dunderklumpen

Hi christine30550, I picked this up from a "rival" website : When asking abut gender, Chinese use 公 and　母 for animals and 男 and　女 for humans. Is... Read more