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Posted on: Picking Up 拿
On April 12 at 1:28 AM by changye

Hi xuchen and reigau How about this one? I'm not sure if 拿手 can have a direct object. 他刚来中国不久,在饭店还不敢自己点菜。 Read more

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Posted on: Picking Up 拿
On April 12 at 1:25 AM by Tal

Yes thanks for that story neutral tone, I like it and will remember it! I hadn't heard it before. I would guess that "each man, one mouth(ful) in h... Read more

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On April 12 at 12:19 AM by zhenlijiang

baabaabardwan--吟游诗人,多产译者。 Read more

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Posted on: Picking Up 拿
On April 11 at 11:13 PM by Tal

err... 可以!我觉得没错。(?) I've been trying to learn to write 汉字 for some time now, and I find 拿 a tricky one too. As I start at the top and go down, the c... Read more

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On April 11 at 7:24 PM by tucsonmichael

不好意思。。。我先听错了。。。听像"清蒸", 例如"清蒸鱼".  I'm so embarrassed, hearing incorrectly.  It sounded like qing1zheng1, as in steamed fish, particularly whe... Read more

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Posted on: Salt and Pepper
On April 11 at 7:17 PM by tvan

mlamps, Sichuan peppercorn is usually 花椒/hūajiāo/flower pepper.  Sometimes it is also called 山椒/shānjiāo/mountain pepper.  Read more

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On April 11 at 5:35 PM by kimiik

Is 排骨 a generic term for 猪排骨 in mainland China only because porc is the most available sort of meat there ? I think that lamb, dog and chicken can a... Read more

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On April 11 at 5:30 PM by johnrash

Why does Poems With Pete split itself in my feed when updating in iTunes?  The Dialogue file and "Poems with Pete" lesson file mix between the fi... Read more

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Posted on: Do you like China?
On April 11 at 4:40 PM by alinari

Hi!) i'm from novosibirsk. i started to learn chinese 5-6 months ago. and i mant to know it very well! but sometimes it seems unreal to learn chinese... Read more

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On April 11 at 4:34 PM by sylvia11

actually, "fen" means "share","part","portion" ,there are some examples;     分(fen1)成(cheng2)两(liang3)份(fen4) which means  divi... Read more