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lujiaojie
Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
December 20, 2010 at 3:33 AM恭喜 and 祝贺 are not totally interchangeable.
恭喜恭喜! (common)
祝贺祝贺! ( sounds weird)
恭喜发财! (common)
祝贺发财! ( sounds weird)
听说你升职了，恭喜/祝贺你。(both OK)
(I heard that you got a promotion. Congratulations.)
热烈祝贺XX公司成立！（can not say: 热烈恭喜.....)
Posted on: How to Protect the Environment
December 20, 2010 at 1:42 AMpay a fine 可以说：交罚款 jiāo fákuǎn
Posted on: This Needs to be Dry Cleaned
December 17, 2010 at 2:17 AMIf you buy something in China.. You should say "wǒ zài Zhōngguó mǎide"
"wo keyi Zhongguo maide hongganji ma?" doesn't make sense.
Posted on: This Needs to be Dry Cleaned
December 16, 2010 at 2:28 AMYou can buy a clothes dryer in China. Most Chinese homes don't have a dryer, but some of the washing machines have a drying function.
Can you buy a clothes dryer in China? You can say:
在中国可以买烘干机吗？( no nees “里”）
Zài Zhōngguó kěyǐ mǎi hōnggānjī ma?
Posted on: The Rising Cost of Food
December 16, 2010 at 2:04 AM你写得又好又有意思！欢迎多多用中文留言哦！
Posted on: What do you do?
December 15, 2010 at 2:25 AM"悉尼里..."sounds weird.
You can just say: 今天悉尼（上海/北京/纽约......）天气很热。
Posted on: Politely Declining an Invitation
December 15, 2010 at 2:18 AMYes, you can just say: "boss, I need a day off because I've got 'something".
Posted on: The 着 (zhe) Chronicles: Actions in Progress
December 14, 2010 at 3:25 AMYes, you're right. 外面正下着雨呢 正 can also be dropped.
Posted on: Possible, Possibly, Possibility
December 14, 2010 at 2:52 AM有点不可能 work for 'not very likely'. And your list is great!
Posted on: A Rarely Washed Car
December 20, 2010 at 3:35 AM“巧克力狂”在中国不太普遍。这句话可能说的是John. 我觉得他是一个“巧克力狂”。