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On May 04 at 5:28 AM by tiaopidepi

@tage: The radical (on the left) is 心. The phonetic is 夬. I don't know the origin of the word, but I'd associate "heart" much more with "happy" than "... Read more

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On May 04 at 5:22 AM by alwingate

Big John gives an idea about the structure of the Chinese language which was very helpful to me. He said, (correctmeifIamwrong) that Chinese will o... Read more

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On May 04 at 5:17 AM by changye

Hi bendidelaowai 一二三四五六七八九十百千 are commonly used in both simplified and traditional Chinese, and they are NOT simplified forms of 壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾佰仟. The... Read more

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On May 04 at 5:14 AM by alwingate

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On May 04 at 5:09 AM by chris

Thanks Lujiaojie, I get it now.  Interesting that we don't need the "yao4 (to want)".  I guess this is just another example of how efficient... Read more

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On May 04 at 4:52 AM by ooka

Hi ChinesePod, it's completely unrelated, but it could figure in a news and feature show, so i'm asking here: on the FAQ, if you go to the How can i c... Read more

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On May 04 at 4:30 AM by bendidelaowai

I feel confused about pdf...why the numbers in  "Traditional pdf" arre still written as simplified? Read more

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On May 04 at 3:43 AM by changye

coin 硬币 (ying4bi4), 钢蹦儿 (gang1bengr4) banknote 纸币 (zhi3bi4), 钞票 (chao1piao4) Read more

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On May 04 at 3:21 AM by bendidelaowai

一二三四五六七八！ That's how the mornings started on my campus in China:) where I was studying Chinese language (on the new campus where I live now, there is... Read more

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On May 04 at 3:15 AM by connie

Hi everyone, here are the sentences used in the podcast: 今天见到你我很高兴。 Jīntiān jiàndào nǐ wǒ hěn gāoxìng. 很高兴见到你。 Hěn gāox&igrave... Read more