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Posted on: Scandal in the Pageant
March 31, 2008 at 4:18 PMP.S. That's definitely a back!
Posted on: Scandal in the Pageant
March 31, 2008 at 4:17 PMI'm not sure if this is what your challenge is looking for....but this is a series I did a while back using double-exposed / altered photos. Urban Portraits Nothing 亲热 (qīnrè) though :)
Posted on: #43
March 29, 2008 at 4:54 PMCould someone please translate the last 2 posts? I can't seem to make out the pinyin.
Posted on: Tattoos, TV and the Stock Market
March 29, 2008 at 4:33 PMZacmoose, that's funny about your students. Last time I was in Taiwan, I lost count of how many kids would "pet" the hair on my arms. The looks on their faces were priceless....like I was some kind of zoo animal they were allowed to touch!
Posted on: Basic Shapes
March 29, 2008 at 4:19 PMVery helpful Auntie68, thank you. Whew, I'm having flashbacks to a calculus class way back when in college!
Posted on: Basic Shapes
March 28, 2008 at 5:56 PMI echo nicklyth's question above about 方 (fāng)... What's the difference between 方 (fāng) and 长方形 (chángfāngxíng)? The vocabulary says they are both "rectangle". It seems that 方 means "square" and 长方形 means "rectangle" (literally "long square shape"). Any insight on this? Thanks...
Posted on: Art Museum
March 27, 2008 at 11:18 PMGreat lesson. I really enjoyed the art history at the end of the podcast...thanks Ken and Jenny!
Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: He's Not Stupid
March 27, 2008 at 6:14 PMThanks Auntie! I think your explanation makes sense. My initial thinking was that you wouldn't need a 了 to show past tense, because that had already been determined by the use of 刚刚 (just). I don't know if 刚刚 negates the use of 了, just guessing here. So if that's the case, then it would make sense that the 了 used in this context was used only to soften the question. Again, just guessing!
Posted on: Yang Jie's Diary: He's Not Stupid
March 26, 2008 at 9:02 PMI probably hold the record for most 了 (le) questions asked, so here's another to add to the list... In the expansion, why doesn't this sentence have a 了: 他刚刚到上海。 tā gānggang dào Shànghǎi. He just arrived in Shanghai. when this sentence does: 你刚刚去哪儿了？ nǐ gānggang qù nǎr le? Where did you just go? Thanks....
Posted on: Scandal in the Pageant
March 31, 2008 at 10:02 PMThanks Wildyaks and RJ! Hey Bazza, I can't seem to work out the characters: 博客小姐比赛 bókè xiǎojie bǐsài Blogger's Beauty Pageant 绯间 (can't make out this character) fēijiān dark red space ???? 刘佳 Liú jiā actor/actress ???? Help please! Does this have anything to do with the Edison Chen scandal?