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changye
Posted on: Moscow
July 2, 2008 at 5:50 AM俄罗斯的首都在哪里？
(e2 luo2 si1 de shou3 du1 zai4 na3 li3)
What is Russia's capital city?
下周我要去莫斯科出差。
(xia4 zhou1 wo3 yao4 qu4 mo4 si1 ke1 chu1 chai1)
I'm going to Moscow on business next week.
Posted on: Antiperspirant in China
July 1, 2008 at 11:28 AM出大汗 (chu1 da4 han4) sweat a river
出冷汗 (chu1 leng3 han4) break out in a cold sweat
出盗汗 (chu1 dao4 han4) have night sweats
汗牛充栋 (han4 niu2 chong1 dong4)
have a large quantity of books
(enough books to make the ox carrying them sweat
or to fill a house to the rafters)
汗马功劳 (han4 ma3 gong1 lao2)
war exploits, one's contributions in work
汗颜无地 (han4 yan2 wu2 di4)
be very deeply ashamed
"汗"语 (han4 yu3)
The language mainly spoken in China.
It is not so easy to master, therefore
you have to "sweat" at learning it.
Posted on: 欧洲杯
July 1, 2008 at 1:05 AMHi guolanusa,
You can make a good goalkeeper（守门员）.
Hi bowen454,
I'm afraid that the "topic" is too political (and censorable) to discuss here in Chinesepod. Nobody hopes this site will be blocked by our beloved CCP.
Posted on: 欧洲杯
June 30, 2008 at 12:59 PM中国俗话说”一个和尚有水喝，两个和尚挑水喝，三个和尚没水喝”，还有另一个类似俗语叫”一个中国人是条龙，三个中国人是条虫”，可见两个都奚落中国人不太善于团队合作的缺点。不瞒你说，我也有时觉得这些说法在某种程度上是对的。让我以运动项目为例来说明一下理由。我看大家一致认为，中国运动员一般在乒乓球羽毛球跳水跳栏等个人比赛项目上会发挥最大力量。
但是与此相反，集体比赛的队员越多中国队的成绩表现越差。比如说，排球篮球等五六个人打的运动打得还算可以，不过九个人打的棒球，十一个人踢的足球的成绩都不怎么样。而且中国几乎没有英式橄榄球队，一支队要十五名选手，好像是太多了。现在中国女排无疑算是一个世界强队，可是如果像过去那样九个人打的话，中国队的表现会怎么样？不一定像现在这么出色。
很可惜中国传统的”人海战术”在体育方面不大起作用。
Posted on: 欧洲杯
June 30, 2008 at 5:02 AMHi Jenny,
Thankfully, you still don't have the Germanpod team at your office.
Posted on: 欧洲杯
June 30, 2008 at 2:59 AMHi connie,
你不用担心，我很支持你们的非法行为。我绝不报警！
在中国，解决财富分配问题就是个很紧急的任务。
我相信打赌也是很妥当的财富分配方式之一。
Posted on: 欧洲杯
June 30, 2008 at 2:06 AMHi henning,
唉，太可惜了，但你最好别太沮丧，
德国队夺得亚军也挺不错的！
今晚别喝太多"伤心啤酒"！
冠军 champion
亚军 the second place
季军 the third place
Posted on: What is your job?
June 30, 2008 at 12:37 AMHi hitokiri,
I'm a guy who easily believes in a textbook, so you don't correct your textbook. The meaning of 当老师 is situational, pls look at the following examples. Sorry for my insufficient explanation.
他干什么？ What does he do?
他当老师。 He is a teacher.
他毕业后干什么？ What is he going to do after graduation?
他当老师。 He is going to become a teacher.
干什么 (gan4 shen2 me)
毕业后 (bi4 ye4 hou4)
P/S.
教书 (jiao1 shu1) teach
念书 (nian4 shu1) study, read a book (informal)
读书 (du2 shu1) study, read a book (formal)
Posted on: Taking the HSK
July 5, 2008 at 1:39 AMI’ve seen some exam questions of Japanese Language Aptitude Test (日语能力考试) before, and found it very difficult to answer them even for me, a native Japanese. They were not only difficult, but also very tricky. I felt that was a kind of IQ test rather than a language proficiency test. The same goes for HSK?