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chrisbackhouse
Posted on: Pirates under attack!
December 4, 2009 at 9:38 AMWhat about other 长？ Do people use 飞机长？ 队长 ？I guess there are others ?
Posted on: Pirates under attack!
December 3, 2009 at 11:47 AMThis lesson is a great inspiration to try and reach Upper Intermediate 水平 Marvellous phrases
Posted on: Grammar Lesson
September 3, 2009 at 10:08 AMI guess you have explained this elsewhere but can someone explain (again) the difference in meaning when using "yi dian" before or after an adjective:
For example "kai che kuai yi dian" vs "kai che yi dian kuai"
Posted on: Illegal taxis
February 6, 2009 at 10:12 AMLondon black cab drivers might be amused that illegal cabs are called 黑车 I've always been amazed by the low cost and late night honesty of the legal Shanghai drivers. It also seems one of the quickest paybacks on time spent learning Chinese is being able to say 不用 like you mean it to the illegal touts.
Posted on: I'm pregnant!
October 13, 2008 at 8:11 AMA little question please about the "zheliangtian" expression: Can something similar be used for different periods of time "zhe liang nian" ? "zhe si ge yue" ?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hainan
July 16, 2008 at 8:54 AMPerhaps the banter is one of the fun things that keeps the lessons interesting yue4 lai2 yue4 ? After listening to lessons in full a few times I often just want to listen to the dialog and skip the rest. Therefore appreciate it when the chat before the dialog is not too long as it isnt so easy to skip....
Posted on: Party Dues
October 29, 2013 at 11:34 AMParty member Chen Yuan said " We are the Communist Party and we will decide what communist means". I agree wholeheartedly with almost everything Tal says. When in China it seems like a large part of the mainland people have been practically enslaved for their own ends by a comparatively small group who use the term "Communist Party" as a deflector.