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April 30, 2010 at 1:39 AM呵呵，好主意！洋洋也怀孕！我为什么没想到？
Posted on: Fog or Smog?
April 29, 2010 at 3:09 AMPerhaps it's also worth noting that 名, used as a measure word for people, is used especially for those with a specific occupation or position.
e.g.
一名军人 = a soldier
两名学生 = two students
Posted on: Love Tangle 7: The Mistress Returns
April 29, 2010 at 2:07 AM呵呵，changye哥，你说的对，女人是用“上半身”思考的动物。至于你第二点，我会相信你，不过《萝卜白菜，各有所爱》，难道你不知道吗？
Posted on: Love Tangle 7: The Mistress Returns
April 29, 2010 at 12:49 AM呵呵，我看一般女人用心思考的，她们就是用情感思考的动物。比如这个洋洋，她为什么跟沈总炒饭？
Posted on: Love Tangle 7: The Mistress Returns
April 28, 2010 at 1:12 PMPosted on: Fog or Smog?
April 28, 2010 at 3:19 AMSounds good!
Posted on: Fog or Smog?
April 28, 2010 at 3:16 AMI'm not saying the army/navy is a "collection of people", I'm saying it is a service, an organization which serves the state, an entity. I'm not an expert on Chinese grammar of course, but I think it's right to say that in this kind of example (possibly few others) it's OK to use 一名 to indicate that one individual is being spoken of, followed by the noun for navy, to convey the meaning of 'a navy person'.
Posted on: Fog or Smog?
April 28, 2010 at 2:41 AM呵呵，I'm almost certain you can't say your suggested example sentence.
The navy is a military service isn't it, (also the army and airforce.) So I'd say that the expansion sentence is good.
学校 is a different kind of thing altogether, right? It's a place.
Posted on: Love Tangle 7: The Mistress Returns
April 28, 2010 at 2:18 AMHi honglok
As mentioned in the podcast, this lesson is the continuation of a 系列. To fully appreciate all the details, you'd best check out the earlier parts!
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May 2, 2010 at 2:10 AMchangye, you are Japanese, so I'm really not surprised that it's not a problem for you. My guess is you could walk down any street in China without being stared and pointed at and have people amuse themselves by shouting 'hello', 'laowai', 外国人, or whatever. I'm sure you speak excellent Chinese, and don't have to endure every person you speak to compliment you on it. You can probably enter a shop and order things without the service staff emitting audible squeaks of embarrassment/shock/consternation. You fit in, because you look the part. How can you possibly understand what it is like to really be a 老外?
go_manly/Bob, have you ever actually been to China? It's easy to make such pronouncements from the comfort of a western country where one has lived all one's life.