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gbien
Posted on: Help with Luggage
August 11, 2011 at 2:05 PMYou said that male strangers can be addressed as xiānsheng . What about female strangers? I was told that "xiǎojie " is no longer used, and can be insulting. How about an older woman?
Posted on: Interview with 'Secretary' Zhang
August 5, 2011 at 1:21 PMGregE, Thanks for the clear answer.
Posted on: Detective Li 6: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 2)
August 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM呵呵--谢谢你上次“沙发”的解释。这次“杀发”很适合这课的内容！
Posted on: Can I Have your Phone Number? Please?
August 3, 2011 at 5:30 PMThanks for the link! I checked out the graphs for 埋单、手机、沙发, máidān , shǒujī ,shāfā , etc. Really interesting!
Posted on: Interview with 'Secretary' Zhang
July 31, 2011 at 12:44 PMGreat lesson! I listened several times to the interview and jotted down the phrases I didn't understand--and then discovered that David and Greg explained them all afterwards! Thanks!
My remaining question doesn't have to do with the language in the interview, but with 张书记's statement that the 书记 were the ones who did everything. What is the relation between 书记 and 干部？
Posted on: Detective Li 5: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 1)
July 29, 2011 at 11:44 AMThank you! I missed that!
GBien
Posted on: Detective Li 5: The Bloody Love Triangle (Part 1)
July 29, 2011 at 12:48 AM上次的《马戏团盗窃案》李探长到底是怎么处理的？
（我猜想是老板原来根本没有钻石)
Posted on: Meeting in Real Life
July 25, 2011 at 12:28 PMjosht77 begins his post with 沙发！ Does it have a special slang meaning?
Posted on: Strong (in the abstract)
July 16, 2011 at 1:43 PMI have two questions:
1) Is 牛 in the sense of "strong" a slang usage? Is there another way to say a "strong" resume, using 书面语？
2）For 感情 can you use 浓？(like strong coffee)?
Thanks for the interesting lesson!
Posted on: Help with Luggage
August 12, 2011 at 1:18 PMThank you for the link to the Qing Wen lesson. The comments on that lesson then led me to a "Dear Amber" lesson. All very interesting! Great archives!