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Posted on: How Many Zeroes?
On April 01 at 4:03 AM by John

I second Pete's advice... I used to be constantly doing mental calculations whenever numbers got big, but forcing myself to memorize 1 million = 一百万... Read more

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Posted on: Singing Ability
On April 01 at 4:03 AM by Purrfecdizzo

This was strange, the lesson is listed as a newbie lesson, but Ken says that it is an elementary lesson. Plus, Jenny is using much more Chinese in thi... Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 01 at 3:52 AM by changye

Hi tarcy 我想日本没必要采用有奖发票，因为日本人的纳税率已经比中国人高得多。日本人应该向中国人学习的好像不是有奖发票，而是如何偷税，哈哈。 Read more

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Posted on: Does it Have Bones?
On April 01 at 3:33 AM by changye

Hi lujiaojie Thanks for the reply. I've found another interesting word 贴骨肉 (tie1 gu3 rou4), which indicates "meat attached to the bone". Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 01 at 3:33 AM by tommaz

我在哈尔滨学中文的时候，老师让我们读老舍的一篇幽默散文叫 买彩票 。有人读过吗? Also, I found the line in the dialogue "看来 数学 没 白学 " particularly funny because there's a saying in th... Read more

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Posted on: Gone Fishing
On April 01 at 3:22 AM by tarcy

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Posted on: Gone Fishing
On April 01 at 3:22 AM by changye

Hi guikeli and pete Looks like there are several translations for fly fishing, such as 飞钓，飞蝇钓，毛钩钓，蝇钓, etc. Maybe the most commonly used one is 飞钓.... Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 01 at 3:02 AM by trankachiusa

da jia hao ma? Read more

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Posted on: Welfare Lottery
On April 01 at 3:02 AM by tarcy

Hi changye 我知道台湾有 "有奖发票" ，中国也已经有了? 太好了! 我觉得日本应该向邻国学习，采取这个聪明的方法! Read more

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Posted on: How Many Zeroes?
On April 01 at 2:41 AM by chapman3us

The website http://www.mandarintools.com/ has an online tool that converts English numbers to Mandarin and vise versa. To find it, in the frame on the... Read more