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YuQinCai
Posted on: Ordering Pizza Over the Phone
January 11, 2017 at 3:54 AM在台湾叫一客普通的外送比萨应该不会超过两百人民币吧。 Usually, in a restaurant, you could ask "请问你们的招牌菜是什么?" (招牌 means a signboard)
Just chatting with friends, you would say "你有什么拿手菜吗?我想尝一尝。"(拿手 means “being good at something” eg.打羽毛球我很拿手 I’m good at badminton.)
Posted on: When Do You Shower?
January 11, 2017 at 3:36 AMYou can check this two Qing Wen lessons. Hope you will find them helpful.
"Always" Reexamined (总是 、一直)
Posted on: Did You Go on a Date with Him?
January 11, 2017 at 3:33 AMGood eye...although we don't really know for sure.
她 is a very new word in Chinese under the influence of western languages. We used to use only 他 for both man and woman and still, it is considered correct to use 他 to indicate a woman.
Posted on: A Chinese Wedding
January 11, 2017 at 3:21 AMIt is in different order in the dialogue and in the vocabulary although 宜室宜家 and 宜家宜室 are both very common saying to mean the same thing. Thank you for pointing that out.
Posted on: Checking out a New Flat
January 11, 2017 at 3:18 AMYes, 其他 is a pretty open-minded word. When modifying nouns it can be followed by 的 or not. Both would work.
Posted on: "Teacher, I've Got Problems"
January 11, 2017 at 2:49 AMAlso, in Chinese, when it’s obvious who you are talking to then the default is not saying “你” therefore when saying “你” in the sentence it puts emphasis on “you”.
你有什麼問題？ Do you have any problem?
These sentences, “有問題嗎？”, “大家有什麼問題嗎？” are more proper ways to ask.
You can check out these lessons for more example contexts.
https://chinesepod.com/lessons/teacher-salary-and-perks#dialogue-tab
https://chinesepod.com/lessons/stuck-in-the-elevator#dialogue-tab
https://chinesepod.com/lessons/class-is-over-now#dialogue-tab
Hope these would help.
Posted on: Your New Year's Resolutions
January 4, 2017 at 3:54 AM我希望我今年可以打鼓打得更好!（if your drum playing skill is already pretty good）
我希望我今年可以打鼓打得好一点。（if your drum playing skill is not good yet, or being super humble.）or you can use the 把 sentence as Wande suggested.我希望今年可以把鼓打得更好。
改善 is usually used when the current situation is not good.
eg. 我工作的地方不太干净，希望今年可以改善这个问题。 "我希望今年可以把我打鼓的技巧改善." is good but it could sound like the original skills was terrible.
Posted on: The Good Life
January 4, 2017 at 3:37 AM一个园子 is very common and a general way.
It depends on what you want your 园子 sound like if you want to describe more.
一座园子 sounds like a huge one and extravagant.
一片园子 sounds like a wide green area.
Posted on: Buying Exercise Equipment
January 4, 2017 at 3:24 AMIt's called 划船机 or 划船器。
Posted on: Shanghai Fashion
January 18, 2017 at 3:37 AMIn the sentence from this dialogue, using 重视 or 注意 are similar indicating they might spend much time and effort on the appearance.
上海女性非常重视自己的外表。上海女性非常注意自己的外表。
While there are also contexts that they can’t be used interchangeably. See the following examples.注意 means literally “take notice of something”
In this case, it can’t be replaced by 重视 since it’s not about importance.
重视 means to think something is important.
In this case, if you used 注意 it means the president pays lots of attention to their opinions but not necessarily view them important.