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On April 04 at 12:16 PM by bendidelaowai

好像还有:丢三落四。 说明乱七八糟的人,会经常丢或者弄丢东西的人。 Read more

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On April 04 at 12:11 PM by paulinurus

@gesang, @mikesch The 把 ba3 sentence construction is a unique syntax of the Chinese language. This syntax has no English equivalent, that's why... Read more

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On April 04 at 12:04 PM by chistudent

陳博士您好! 好久沒跟您學廣東話了 今天老師教我們怎么用‘丟’這個字 不過‘丟’在廣東話也算是臟話 丟丟聲,真係難聽hehe 講起《砍手指》那節課,我覺得斬手指不很殘忍 應該要做的是斬佢十八look,然之後喂比狗食... Read more

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On April 04 at 10:08 AM by zhenlijiang

hi pete, i didn't say it was going to be any good though! ambitious is an understatement. i'm still clueless enough to be fearless in that... Read more

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On April 04 at 9:20 AM by gesang

@mikesch: this is actually a very complex question...see what happened when I asked for ba 把 once: http://chinesepod.com/community/conversa... Read more

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On April 04 at 8:33 AM by Tal

Actually I think you mean shīyè 失业 lose one's job; be out of work 事业 is a noun meaning career, eg. 他一辈子从事教育事业。Tā yībèizi có... Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 04 at 7:46 AM by tarcy

我在上面的帖子里写的那个原则,当然不是我发明的,而是在语言学界上比较通行的说法。 我觉得,这个原则很有用。我们学习汉语的时候,如果把每个语法项目和这个原则配合起来学习的话,可能我们学语法学得更快、更好。 (不过不知道为什么,明确地指出这个原则的汉语课本,目前还很少呢。) 而且,根据语言学的研究成... Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 04 at 7:28 AM by tarcy

“你彩票都买了好几次了?” 上次changye说,这句原来是“你(买)彩票(都)买了好几次了?”这实在是一个简明扼要的解释。 现在我还是想补充一下,为什么“(买)彩票”在“买了”的前面。 我估计,... Read more

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Posted on: Which Finger?
On April 04 at 6:01 AM by robzhu

creating of the picture, i like it , very nice of the lesson. thk! Read more

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On April 04 at 5:56 AM by guikeli

请问, I first learned the phrase, "lost your job," as 事业 in a children's book. What's the difference between 事业 and 丢工作? Can you use both intercha... Read more