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I am not sure about the last sentence. I might have translated it incorrectly. Perhaps it should be 奢侈 shēchǐ (luxury) or something? Read more

There you go, nygards! Thanks. That makes a whole lot of sense. Just one small question, what commmunity do they refer to?     Read more

Dear Howard97 Thank you for commenting. I have been responsible for the translations since September, 2008. I am in the process of reviewing a... Read more

pete and tgif, I don't think 执着 is a word that ever really leaves its Buddhist origins behind; that is, it always refers to some human weakness... Read more

When I started learning Mandarin I was told that a few verbs, eg 给, could be used without 把. So, for example, you could say 给 我 钱. So, is there som... Read more

Dear All I have a great dfficulty in understanding... NO not the Chinese but the English!! Maybe because I am older than most poddies. "Wanna" and "... Read more

Here are the extra lines as far as I can hear. 这倒是, 除了眼睛什么都看不到. Zhe daoshi, chule yanjing shenme dou kanbudao. That's true, you can't see anythin... Read more

@Salvador 你说的对。you are right. It's not fixed. I guess the simplest solution would be to update the pdf, but I don't know the internal procedures of... Read more

@aryeh - if you want to type characters on your pc just download and install Google Pinyin! The missing line mystery continues to puzzle me too! I def... Read more

wow.  good look up changye! Read more