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Tal
Posted on: Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来
July 18, 2009 at 1:22 PMBut not the dribblers! 
Sorry misterjess I just have an aversion to public chin wiping! Great list sebire, in future I'll bear a few of those in mind.
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
July 18, 2009 at 12:32 PMHmm... concrete vs. abstract. It's an interesting opposition. I can't say I understand it altogether myself changye! ;-) Perhaps 真利江 can (succinctly!) explain it for us.
抽象 is a useful word for the classroom I feel, time and again the word 'abstract' has cropped up in passages students are required to read. Occasionally a single Chinese term by way of explanation can smooth the path to understanding.
Hi mandarinkoala (quite a handle!), don't go hurting our sweet jenny's feelings now! 
The only alteration I made to her face was color balance to (try to!) match the painting's hue. jenny is already a bonny lass, but of course my wife (also Chinese) is the prettiest of all!
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
July 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM@jenny, 谢谢你啊，那是很有意思，而且肯定有用。基本上我不怎么喜欢毕加索的画儿，我更喜欢文艺复兴的艺术，比如波提且利，弗朗西斯卡，等等。你觉得还有可能出现像李奥纳多，米开朗基罗……这样的人物吗？
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
July 18, 2009 at 1:24 AM@changye - 
I'm glad to see that we're getting over taking this too seriously! Onward and upward!
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 7: Choosing a Name for the Baby
July 18, 2009 at 1:19 AMWell spotted goulnik! 加油！
And great pun pete! I think you should leave it!
Posted on: Bringing it All Back Home With 回去 and 回来
July 18, 2009 at 12:52 AMThe early bird may catch the worm, but it's the early worm that gets caught! (早起的鸟儿有虫子吃，但是早起的虫子被鸟儿吃了！) 
My little son wakes me at 6.00am every day, but at almost 9.00 I just want to go back to sleep..
...sorry, I'm drivelling... (in the wrong place!!) time for a strong cup of tea and listen to this no doubt excellent lesson!
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
July 17, 2009 at 12:51 PMThat's a good one changye, working 具体 in again there too! :)
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
July 17, 2009 at 11:35 AMAn interesting and perhaps less common word Jenny uses in the podcast is 抽象 (chōuxiàng). She and John discuss the phrase 交给 and Jenny explains: 但是这里的交给呢是比较抽象的。
The word can be translated as 'abstract'. Here are 2 more examples of its use.
这个概念太抽象了。 - This concept is too abstract.
这么抽象的道理，有多少人听的懂？ - How many people understand such abstract concepts?
Posted on: Lao Wang's Office 13: Wang Meets the Big Boss
July 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of drivel, I will fear no evil, for I will drivel in such a way that those who see me will marvel and say truly there goes a dude who knows where his towel is. Kapla!
Posted on: Pinyin Section 4: R
July 19, 2009 at 1:49 AMSaying thank you can sometimes (unfortunately) be an insipid action because we do it so often and without thought. But I want to say a sincere thank you to changye for posting that, and for choosing the quotes he did.
(I have just finished reading an article in the Guardian relating to persecution of a certain forbidden religious group. I will not name them and dare not link to the article, but the quotes above seem painfully relevant in light of the words I read.)