User Comments - changye
changye
Posted on: Man or Woman?
August 1, 2009 at 2:53 AMHi pete
Thanks for the nice translation "for crying out loud", which is completely new to me. As a non-native English speaker, all I can think of is "already (=都)", hehe.
Posted on: Measure Words for Food
August 1, 2009 at 2:39 AMHi bodawei
The measure word 封, which connotes "sealed", is usually used for things put in envelopes or something like that, for example, 一封信 and 两份文件. You should use 一袋饼干 for "a bag of biscuits".
一份油炸茄子 a plate (or portion) of fried eggplant
一盘茄子 a plate of eggplants
一打鸡蛋 (yi1da2 ji1dan4) a dozen of eggs
一股大蒜味 a whiff of garlic
Posted on: Language Exchange
August 1, 2009 at 1:40 AMHi jwhitson
哪儿 is merely the colloquial form of 哪里, and this is the reason the professor always uses 哪儿 in conversation. I believe he uses 哪里 in his academic papers. The same is true for 这里/这儿 and 那里/那儿.
Posted on: Football (Soccer)
July 31, 2009 at 9:52 PMSoccer is a reflection of society ......?
Posted on: Dog Personalities
July 31, 2009 at 11:26 AMHi miantiao
What renjiabao88 said is true. You can say 很不错, but not 很错. Please don't ask me why, hehe.
Posted on: Dog Personalities
July 31, 2009 at 8:54 AM哈哈，那么我以后尽量少管闲事吧！
Posted on: Lessons and Comment Policy
August 1, 2009 at 3:10 AMHi moloch
I agree. I don't know why, but Chinesepod doesn't seem to be skilled in "propaganda", even though they've already been doing business in the PRC for several years. They should learn from 中共中央宣传部！