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Posted on: Directions & Transportation
June 5, 2020 at 7:59 AMI think repetition and practice are the keys to get familiar with them. Good luck and let me know if there is any more questions.
Posted on: Coffee Break Series - How to Congratulate Someone
June 5, 2020 at 7:57 AM祝你 definitely has a much more formal feeling when saying this to the others, but I would say there is not much of a difference, either 希望 or 祝你 can be used in a conversational sentence .
Posted on: Coffee Break Series - How to Congratulate Someone
June 5, 2020 at 7:55 AM新婚快乐 xin1hun1 kuai4le4！Congratulations!!
Posted on: COVID-19, Rumors and Beer
June 5, 2020 at 7:14 AMHi Jake,
Here is a lesson about the proverb "狗嘴吐不出象牙". Hope this lesson helps!!
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/animal-proverbs-no-ivory-will-come-out-of-a-dogs-mouth
Posted on: Directions for the Taxi Driver
June 5, 2020 at 7:09 AM刚 literally means just now, and it often refers to time. For example, 我刚吃饭 I ate just now.
就 is a little more complicated, and has different meaning depending on the context. 就 has something to do with a short period of time as well. When you want to say something happens early or ends early, 就 is the right word to look for. For example, 我五岁就会说英文了！(I knew how to speak English when I was 5. )
就 also means that the one action is followed by another action. For example, 想到就告诉我！(Let me know once you think of it. )
It is also paired with "只要", “要是”, “既然”, or other words, this will be another topic worth talking about.
Check out the lesson about 一... 就 with Jess and me. I hope this lesson helps!!
https://www.chinesepod.com/lesson/how-to-use-%E4%B8%80%E5%B0%B1
Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Posted on: Social credit score for China’s pet owners 文明社会 养犬规则
June 4, 2020 at 5:14 AMI'd say 汗毛 here is emphasising more on "not to lay a finger on my dog", in which the dog belongs to the owner and is seen as a part of the owner.
Posted on: Character Mind map: 包 bag
June 4, 2020 at 5:12 AMI am not familiar with Japanese Kanji characters, but what I do know is that the Japanese characters has a close relationship with Mandarin Chinese characters. I find it very interesting how several Asian languages have similar pronunciations and roots.
Posted on: Can You Take a Photo For Me?
June 4, 2020 at 5:08 AMBut if someone is blocking the shot, you can tell them to 让一下, which means excuse me. Hope this helps.
Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message
June 4, 2020 at 5:06 AMHi Moshen, I assume you are looking for the pdf notes of this lesson, please check out "Notes" under the "Downloads" tab.
Posted on: Directions & Transportation
June 5, 2020 at 8:00 AMYes, more accurately speaking, 高铁站 is the word.