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Posted on: Using a VPN
June 6, 2012 at 1:46 AM

Nice topic.  How about one like it at Intermediate?

Posted on: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
June 5, 2012 at 12:57 PM

This is a note for the tech department - please forward.

In the Grammar section, the audio does not play for the sentences in the first section (bei).  The audio for the other two sections, lao and bu, works fine.

Posted on: Negotiating with a Taobao Merchant
June 2, 2012 at 4:06 PM

This sentence is in the Grammar section:

啊呀对不起我忘记带钱包了你能付午饭的钱吗

āyā， duìbuqì。 wǒ wàngjì dài qiánbāo le。 nǐ néng fù wǔfàn de qián ma？

Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot to bring my wallet. Can you pay for lunch?

对不起 is given as duìbuqì.   Is qi4 a typo for qi3, or is it an alternate pronunciation?

Posted on: Braised Pork in Soy Sauce
May 29, 2012 at 1:14 AM

Wow, after watching that... 我饿死了.  I've got to go to a Chinese restaurant tonight and hope that they have  红烧肉!

Posted on: The Stable 稳 (wen)
May 22, 2012 at 4:45 AM

等飞机停稳，再解开安全带。

Instead of 再, could you use 才?  Would it mean the same thing?

Same question with this sentence:

你先不要动，等车停稳了再下车。 

Posted on: The Stable 稳 (wen)
May 13, 2012 at 5:43 PM

Personal, I prefer translations that stick close to the original. One useful exercise is to try to translate from the English back to the Chinese. The looser the English, the harder it is to know when one's translation is correct.

Posted on: School Life in China
May 8, 2012 at 4:42 AM

Thanks, the vocab list is very helpful.

Posted on: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
May 5, 2012 at 5:47 AM

Great lesson!  A small error in the lesson PDF，Key Vocabulary section: 

魏王 is glossed as "the king of the kingdom of Wang"

Posted on: A Much-Needed Discussion of 需要 and 要
May 5, 2012 at 5:41 AM

Good lesson.

I wish, though, that you had also mentioned 别.  I'm uncertain as to whether it is fully interchangeable with 不要 in the sense of "don't".

Posted on: Volunteering in China
April 29, 2012 at 4:08 PM

谢谢！