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Posted on: Cell Phone Connectivity Issues
October 15, 2011 at 10:59 AMExactly Rich!
Posted on: Perfume Shopping
October 14, 2011 at 1:54 PMI have had the exact same experience.
Posted on: Cell Phone Connectivity Issues
October 14, 2011 at 6:38 AM手机停机了 is something you'll hear a lot when you try to call someone and their cell phone service has been cut off, for one reason or another. If money is the issue, and the phone is out of credit the correct term would be 'qian fei', or 欠费。
Posted on: Market Research 1: Consumer Survey
October 14, 2011 at 6:11 AM@ Jenny, or DiLu, or Connie
在这堂课我听到Jenny说：“中国人最怕的就是让别人想他们买不起什么东西，所以经常会说‘价格倒是其次，’”
不过我住在中国，我每天在路上遇到一个很普通的情况--看别人谈价还价。如果店主说一个东西是五块，那个客人会说，“哦，你开玩笑了吧，太贵了，三块钱吧。” 经常会谈这些小钱的事。我很好奇一件事： 因为他们怕让别人觉得他买不起东西，他们怎么那么着急省一两块钱？ 这是好像有点儿矛盾啊。如果他们在讲价中有其他客人看他讲价，他不会觉很自我意识吗？ 不会觉得自己丢脸了吗？ 如果是十块，或者一百块，人家当然会理解为什么想讲价，可是，一两块钱还要讲价---不是有点过分了呢？
Posted on: Market Research 1: Consumer Survey
October 14, 2011 at 4:59 AMActually, I know some Chinese people in the USA that have gone camping and absolutely loved it. However, Chinese in mainland China, by and large, have never been camping. So, because they've never been maybe they think, "Oh, we don't like it." But the truth is, they have never experienced it, at least not in the sense as Westerners refer to camping. The only camping I've really heard about in China is on mountains, such at Tai Shan in Shandong, so they can see the sunrise the next morning.
Posted on: Perfume Shopping
October 13, 2011 at 1:23 PMIn most nice supermarkets in medium- or large-sized cities, it's pretty easy to get some good grapefruit imported from the US. However, in the remote location I'm currently in, grapefruit are just simply unavailable. I have seen that term 葡萄柚 in dictionaries, but never actually heard it used in real life.
Posted on: Market Research 1: Consumer Survey
October 13, 2011 at 1:14 PMMovie suggestion for Jenny: The Great Outdoors, starring John Candy. Very funny film related to this topic. 那个单词你都知道啊！ 啥都知道啊！真的很厉害！:)
Posted on: Market Research 1: Consumer Survey
October 13, 2011 at 1:11 PMJenny, do you ever get the Chinesepod crew together and go out for a 烧烤 night? Who is the best drinker of the staff at Chinesepod?
Posted on: Market Research 1: Consumer Survey
October 13, 2011 at 1:07 PMHi Pombili. I apologize but I won't be able to teach you the Chinese characters. I would suggest you start with pinyin. Also, if you are just getting started in Chinese, I would suggest that start with the Newbie or Beginner lessons, not Upper Intermediate.
Posted on: Perfume Shopping
October 15, 2011 at 11:05 AMInteresting info. I'll try 葡萄柚 for once and see how it works. On the mainland, in nice supermarkets, they are very familiar with 西柚. Your friend may have never had a western grapefruit. Many Chinese have never tried them. They usually eat pomelo.