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Posted on: Good Morning!
On April 19 at 3:25 PM by calkins

healthnews, it's nearly impossible for beginners to pronounce tones exactly right.  It's even difficult for intermediates (and above) to do so.... Read more

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Posted on: Good Morning!
On April 19 at 3:14 PM by healthnews

Beginners -- if you don't pronounce the tones exactly right you will sound ridiculous. Best way is to do the lesson transcript first, then listen to t... Read more

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On April 19 at 2:43 PM by miantiao

bodawei, i don't think my chinese is of a high level. my  reading is better than my spoken or written,不过,再过了两年再说。 毫无。。。。。的余地。 hao2wu2.。。。yu2d... Read more

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Posted on: Guilin Mifen
On April 19 at 2:20 PM by shanghaichanges

@xinjiapo2703   Thanks for providing the alternative link to this video, the Chinesepod video seems to be extremely slow to load up. Read more

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Posted on: Reporting a Loss
On April 19 at 2:19 PM by kimiik

oops that last sentence was so badly phrased : 这能说 都 中国队员 并不总是中华民族的 。 Read more

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On April 19 at 2:04 PM by calkins

When I was 11, my Taekwondo "master" was one of Chuck Norris' body guards.  Man, what a d*ck!  He made me spar against two 16 year-olds beca... Read more

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On April 19 at 1:49 PM by wurly

@ Badowai, I too was surprised by that late booking comment - because its been the opposite for some of the flights I've booked online in China. @C... Read more

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Posted on: Rise and Shine!
On April 19 at 1:30 PM by ingmar

Hi Sonicer, although not about Chinese I would like to take the liberty to point out the incorrect use of the word 'there' in your sentence  ..... Read more

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On April 19 at 1:04 PM by kesirui

@pete It wasn't anything exciting really. I actually ended up learning how to make a number of Chinese dishes from my husbands mom, since I didn't... Read more

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On April 19 at 12:59 PM by bodawei

@miantiao I appreciate the exercises in reading you give me - 可是你的中文水平比我高。  I get 'of course it's true, getting a private teacher is the way t... Read more