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gbien
Posted on: The Night Club Experience
July 14, 2012 at 10:24 PMJenny 说的最后一句，“到Chinese Pod diǎnkàng? 来问，” ”diǎnkàng“是什么意思？
Posted on: Random and Reckless
July 8, 2012 at 7:39 PMThanks for the referral. I just listened to 0557 and read the comments. I had no idea that suibian could mean sexually promiscuous! I don't think the author I was referring to (of Foreign Babes in Beijing, 2005) knew, either, or she would have shown some upset at the description. Maybe it's another of those regional variations.
Posted on: Random and Reckless
July 8, 2012 at 7:36 PMThanks--I don't think I've ever heard 肆意 si4yi4 before--another addition to my vocab list!
Posted on: Random and Reckless
July 7, 2012 at 2:00 PMThree questions--
I read a book in English that said American (women in this book) are all suibian. Is that the same suibian you are talking about?
Is there a difference in usage between 买单 and 埋单?
My dictionary says 任意 means "willfully, arbitrarily," which doesn't fit your examples--has the word lost its negative connotation?
Thanks
Posted on: Hypnosis Therapy
July 6, 2012 at 2:20 PMIn the "Lesson Information" "Topics" you have "smog." Is it a typo for "Smoking?"
Interesting lesson--I had thought acupuncture was a more common treatment for smoking cessation.
Posted on: Detective Li 11: Final Mission (Part 5)
July 4, 2012 at 9:48 PMI don't know if anyone at ChinesePod will see this very belated comment--I just finished the five lessons on Li Tanzhang's "final mission," and loved them all!
非常感谢。也非常感慨。希望以后有机会再次跟李探长见面。
Yes, Li Tanzhang deserves a rest, but it would be great fun to see him brought back on a difficult puzzle. I'm not good on puzzles, but enjoy seeing Babardwan's (whatever that name means) struggle with them.
Luckily for me, I see that there are earlier episodes to pursue...
Posted on: 高考让我们缺失了什么？
June 19, 2012 at 1:31 PMA lot of Chinese students are coming to the USA as undergrads now--I wonder if that's taken any pressure off the Gao Kao?
Posted on: Bel Canto
June 13, 2012 at 3:28 PMIf you can get Youtube, look for "Song Zuying My Motherland" -- it has Lang Lang on piano, and Song Zuying singing -- complete with subtitles. I really couldn't tell the difference in Chinese and Western singing styles from it, however. Song Zuying is beautiful, but I must say I prefer Renee Fleming.
Posted on: Stories of Chinese Emperors
May 22, 2012 at 6:50 PMThis was fun. I'm curious--did David do research to come up with the stories, or do all Chinese learn them in school?
Posted on: The Night Club Experience
July 14, 2012 at 11:21 PMAh! 谢谢！