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Posted on: To do
On June 15 at 2:38 AM by jennyzhu

@xiaophil, The pattern（主语）把 （宾语）弄/搞+形容词 is correct. But there are mistakes with choice of words in your sentences. 我把我的车弄红了。(I painted/made m... Read more

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On June 15 at 2:34 AM by divi0013

Awesome podcast.  You had mentioned earlier that you could give some good recommendations on self study books?    Since this great s... Read more

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On June 15 at 2:17 AM by wurly

Hey, even though Matt keeps saying "iPod" in this news and features, I don't think this new application works on an iPod does it? Only iPhone / iPod T... Read more

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Posted on: To do
On June 15 at 1:33 AM by xiaophil

raygo I agree, but then again, there is more than one way to skin a cat, and there are a lot of sentence structures in Chinese that sounded funny to... Read more

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Posted on: Student or Teacher?
On June 15 at 1:25 AM by pearltowerpete

Some more traditional women will refer to their husband as 先生. 先 literally means "first," and 生 means "to be born." Someone born before you is trad... Read more

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Posted on: To do
On June 15 at 1:24 AM by Tal

xiaophil, if I wanted to say: "This problem drove me crazy!" I think I'd say: 我被这个问题逼疯了！(Wǒ bèi zhège wèntí bī fēng le... Read more

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Posted on: Student or Teacher?
On June 15 at 1:09 AM by vitruvianman

Go CPod! Read more

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Posted on: To do
On June 15 at 12:52 AM by xiaophil

Hi everybody!  Someone please take a look at my question above.  Don't let it get sucked into the weekend vortex.  Thanks so much. Read more

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On June 15 at 12:43 AM by Tal

zhenlijiang - 好球! (Is it not wonderful though how these seductive digressions can begin and then snowball?!) Read more

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Posted on: To do
On June 15 at 12:38 AM by jennyzhu

In addition to Changye's great post on 做 and 作, grammar books say that 作 has almost extinct to exist as an independent verb. 做 has taken the place to... Read more