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On April 14 at 1:58 AM by paulinurus

Great job Pete! The background explanation and your expanded examples are just terrific! The poem is short but has so much historical culture.&nb... Read more

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On April 14 at 1:56 AM by bodawei

Hi Pete I love the poem and the commentary.  Great atmosphere and sound effects again.  And the unsimplied characters - thanks.  On... Read more

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On April 14 at 1:51 AM by bendidelaowai

:)　 And I just have a big family  celebration now:)) (new girl born, Gaia, a cousin to me) Pete, by chance a great guess:) to put a poem about fa... Read more

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Posted on: Have you eaten?
On April 14 at 1:41 AM by lujiaojie

antony73 ： “吃了吗” can be used instead of “吃过了吗”. Read more

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On April 14 at 1:38 AM by pearltowerpete

Hi mattwhyndham Yes! The differences are a bit long to explain in this post, so I recommend you check out this Qing Wen on the subject. Read more

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On April 14 at 1:37 AM by kdombros

Great poem, really useful as a discussion starter about women's lives -- will definitely use this to talk about mother in laws in a kind of not-too-pe... Read more

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On April 14 at 1:36 AM by pearltowerpete

Hi barto , Thanks for an interesting suggestion. I actually think your translation is not too shabby! Still, I would prefer "without noticing"... Read more

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On April 14 at 1:27 AM by lujiaojie

jeromespies : You can say: 宝贝儿 ( bǎobèir )  or 亲爱的 ( qīn'ài de ) Read more

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Posted on: GPS Fail
On April 14 at 1:27 AM by bababardwan

I'd love to hear the GPS navigating some of these : “下右转，不。。，左，别，别。。哎哟” 。。。and if 十字 describes the cross shape of a four way... Read more

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On April 14 at 1:19 AM by pearltowerpete

Hi all , Here is today's poem. Normal 0 false false false EN-US ZH-CN X-NONE... Read more