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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 6:43 AM by xiaophil

zhennyzhu, connie 和 changye, 多谢你们! 这是我关于你们的回答的看法: 解雇意思是“lay off”, 换言之,一位雇员没有职位的原因不是因为 工作绩效不好,就是因为公司经历了财政困难。 炒鱿鱼意思是“fire”... Read more

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On June 29 at 6:39 AM by xuchen

Can I request that CPOD uses my name as one of the characters in a podcast. I feel I could use a some promotion on this website and a lead role in a p... Read more

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On June 29 at 6:31 AM by kaixin_in_tampa

Thanks a lot shenyajin! in "The Forbidden City is more than 600 years old."  you said: Gùgōng yǐjing yǒu liùbǎi duōni&aacu... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 6:08 AM by bababardwan

shenyajin, hehe,In the west such questions would make one wonder whether the interviewer was ridgy-didge [youtube link from 2mins 30secs ..hope yo... Read more

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Posted on: Delegating Tasks
On June 29 at 5:57 AM by lennier61

So many critics, and nothing good! If you dont like, the world is big and wide.  Thanks Jenny and Ken for the greatest way of learning chinese.... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 5:53 AM by changye

下岗 (xia4gang3) : 因企业破产,裁减人员等原因失去工作岗位。 下海 (xia4hai3) : 放弃原来的工作而经营商业。 跳槽 (tiao4cao2) : 离开原来的单位到别的单位,改变职业。 Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 5:41 AM by connie

Hi xiaophil 没错,“先到先办制”是个很好的制度。 下岗有炒鱿鱼的意思。但是“下岗”是一个比较特殊的词,一般用在国有企业改革的时候,因为员工太多,需要精简很多员工。 比如:他的父母都下岗了。 (从这个句子里,我们可以知道1.他的父母原... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 5:35 AM by helenshen_counselor

@bababardwan In China, there are indeed some questions like "do you have boyfriend?" I am just wondering, does that matter if I do have boyfriend? And... Read more

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Posted on: 无性婚姻
On June 29 at 5:30 AM by changye

Normal 0 0 2 Hi Tarcy 感谢你解释得很详细,我觉得很有帮助!你不愧为外语系毕业的人,看来你每天都很认真地学习德语,我真的很佩服你。等我有空的时候再挑战德语形容词吧。对了,听说德语过去式和过去分词的变化比形容词还要复杂,我怎么办才好呢? 我这个人天生... Read more

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Posted on: Job Interview
On June 29 at 5:28 AM by jennyzhu

@xiaophil, Although 下岗 does mean 'to be laid off', it is used mostly to describe the massive wave of lay off during the early 90's w... Read more