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Posted on: Playing Mahjong
March 07, 2012, 01:49 AM

I felt the same way-- this is a great addition to Chinesepod.

Posted on: The Spring Festival Beast and Firecrackers
December 11, 2011, 08:07 PM

Thanks for the poem.  I think I'll go back and listen to some of the Poems with Pete.

Posted on: A Wasteful Husband
June 18, 2011, 02:02 PM

I just added this to my Skritter vocab and the definition they have is much more vulgar--

Posted on: Inside the Baozi Business
February 06, 2011, 08:47 PM

I loved the way the interview was conducted.  I look forward to more of them on BST.  Thanks.

Posted on: Switching Seats on a Plane
February 01, 2011, 03:56 AM

I am wondering about this too-- 走道 for aisle seems to be more common when you look up aisle in several of the on-line Chinese dictionaries-- so I'm wondering why 走廊 is used in this dialog.

Posted on: Your First Mooncake
September 24, 2010, 02:14 AM

I loved this lesson.

I go down to Chicago's Chinatown to buy moon cakes at one of the many bakeries on the main drag. They have a lot to choose from and in recent years have moved to smaller less expensive cakes that come in a variety of fillings: lotus, black bean, and melon are family favorites-- although none of us really like the ones with the egg yolks.

We walk down to the lake and let the cakes absorb the light of the moon, recite moon poems, send off little paper boats with candles into the moon light and then go home and eat the cakes.

Posted on: Daddy Changes a Diaper
April 19, 2010, 12:11 PM

This lesson still hasn't appeared on my dashboard. Any suggestions for how to get it there? I thought I was automatically subscribed to all the levels that I was following before the change took place.

Posted on: Pearl Tea
May 15, 2008, 01:25 AM

Tapioca is a root starch derived from the cassava, or yucca plant. I've used it in cooking to thicken soup and to make pudding. I haven't seen bubble tea in the mid-western US, but I have had it when visiting the west coast.

Posted on: Most Frequently Asked Question in China
December 21, 2007, 02:34 AM

For all of you měi guó rén, this link is a handy resource for finding the Chinese name for your state: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/maps/usmap.html

Posted on: Winter Fun
December 16, 2007, 02:12 AM

这个第一 留言 在 汉语： 今天在威新康星大街 真 的 是 天然 的 溜冰场 。 如果 开车的人 很笨蛋， 所以 很 危险。 我说的对。