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earls
Posted on: A Boat Tour of the River
June 11, 2016 at 4:19 PMAfter closer examination I realized the original was correct.
Posted on: A Boat Tour of the River
June 8, 2016 at 11:13 PMIn the dialogue, I am having trouble understanding this excerpt:
现在才见识到这“天上来”的感觉，
Is 识 the correct character or should it be 诗?
Posted on: 好咸好香赔健康
March 28, 2016 at 2:11 PMExcellent lesson!
The pinyin for 目前 mùqign2 should be mùqián. The pinyin for 贮存 is marked as zhǔcún. Is this common or should it be marked zhùcún?
Posted on: Office Lunch Options
August 11, 2015 at 9:41 PMYou might want to look at this site (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_Mandarin) for more info. I copied the following from their page:
Different preferred usage:
Some terms can be understood by both sides to mean the same thing; however, their preferred usage differs.
Posted on: Buying Makeup
June 7, 2015 at 9:23 PM不过 = only, merely, no more than
她参军时不过十七岁。
She was only seventeen when she joined the army.
这本书不过一美元 。
This book costs only one dollar.
Posted on: Can Your Kid Speak Yet?
May 26, 2015 at 4:43 PMThis sentence uses the "Shi... de" construct (the 是 is optional).
你的孩子〔是〕几岁学会说话的？
More information about the "Shi... de" construct can be found here:
http://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%22Shi..._de%22_construction
Posted on: 水母咬我屁股
May 19, 2015 at 12:46 AM真是个好玩的故事。
Posted on: Part Time Work - 打工
May 14, 2015 at 10:42 AMgenoshar,
There are two errors in the Pinyin for this dialogue.
All three occurrences of 假 in this dialogue should be marked in the fourth tone.
假 jia3 = false; fake; phony; artificial
假 jia4= holiday; vacation
Posted on: How Much is that Check Shirt?
June 20, 2016 at 10:04 AMThe audio does not work for the Supplementary vocabulary.