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Posted on: Hiring Discrimination
July 31, 2013 at 2:21 PM

Great topic and dialogue. I think this kind of sex and age discrimination especially the latter still happens in the us though not so blatant because it is illegal to do so.

Posted on: Coming to Order
July 29, 2013 at 3:30 AM

where does 后来fit into this discussion of "order"?

Posted on: Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
July 29, 2013 at 3:27 AM

could someone answer this?

Posted on: Graduate School Advisors
July 28, 2013 at 4:41 PM

the supplementary vocab on the pdf is missing pinyin

Posted on: Getting into the habit with 习惯 (xíguàn)
July 26, 2013 at 2:47 PM

so what is the difference between 适应and 习惯when used as a verb?

Posted on: Oil in the Middle East
July 23, 2013 at 9:46 AM

I just would like to see it explained in Chinese, how to go into detail about this topic in chinese

Posted on: 亏 Has Its Day
July 22, 2013 at 4:30 PM

http://chinesepod.com/lessons/eating-idioms-part-2#sthash.k2B59Wkb.dpbs this qingwen talks about 吃亏as well

Posted on: Oil in the Middle East
July 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM

好什么呀,石油帮了他们,也害了他们。

i wish this statement could've been explained in more detail in this dialogue.

maybe this subject would be more suited for upper intermediate to allow for a more detailed dialogue about this issue.

Posted on: The Wonders of WeChat
July 3, 2013 at 4:35 AM

yea, weixin is really popular in China, I see it everywhere. I think 摇一摇 is the most interesting one.

I've been told that 为了发生一夜情就用这个特点

Posted on: Discussing a Thesis Topic with an Advisor
July 2, 2013 at 6:06 AM

ah, very interesting, yet another one of those significant cultural gaps between Chinese and English that make it so hard to translate Chinese into English sometimes

thanks a lot!