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lidilu
Posted on: Switching Seats on a Plane
February 1, 2011 at 4:14 PMSomething funny I heard about the word太太(I'm not sure if it's real or not): We know that the character '大' means 'big'. So people saw a big lake and called it '大湖'. Then what did you call a lake which is bigger than a big lake? People decided to add one stroke to '大' and make it into another character which means 'very very big'. So they called the very very big lake '太湖' (It's a real lake in JiangSu Province and it's very big). Then for some reason, to address wives, people use 太. And it seems one 'very very big' is not enough...
Posted on: Switching Seats on a Plane
February 1, 2011 at 3:56 PMThe verb 靠 is very useful in this case. You can say 靠出口(chūkǒu-exit)的位子or 靠紧急出口(jǐnjíchūkǒu-emergency exit)的位子.
Posted on: New Employee in the Office
February 1, 2011 at 3:23 PM没错,这个对话的场景是比较清晰的,但是有些词语的用法和搭配还是需要解释一下的.
Posted on: New Employee in the Office
February 1, 2011 at 3:18 PM是啊,我同意John说的. 这个对话确实有很多的生词,有些还很书面化,我们日常对话不太会使用. 加油加油,继续努力!!
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
January 27, 2011 at 10:09 AM你是说“嘛”对吧？台湾人用得很多，女孩子也常常会说。在字典里，它表示很明显的事情--事实就是这样嘛。
BTW, you spelled my name wrongly :p
Posted on: I Changed My Mind
January 24, 2011 at 2:58 AMIt's about options i think. The more choices you have, the more difficult it is to make decisions. I have hard time picking food from food menu :(
Posted on: How to Address Someone
January 18, 2011 at 10:00 AMIt's John's fault :p I'd love to learn that song!
Posted on: 不能说的事儿 2
January 14, 2011 at 4:32 PM我也很期待！不过还是需要大家集思广益。
Posted on: First Snow of the Winter
January 11, 2011 at 1:55 PMHi mivida88,
It was me who said that word when we talked about "广场上". We use 上 when it's on a flat area (在平面的东西上面). 6:57. Thanks for bringing it up. Some poddies may have the same question.
Posted on: New Employee in the Office
February 8, 2011 at 4:19 PMYes, this is extremely encouraging! Thanks for those words, huibert! Jenny and John are great teachers who make this possible and enjoyable for me. I like it here in Chinesepod. So, you'll have to listen to me for a while :p