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Posted on: To Love or Be Loved
February 17, 2008 at 9:18 AM付出和回报 sounds like 'give and take' as we say in English
Posted on: Buying a Pet and Food Poisoning
February 9, 2008 at 10:51 AMA restaurant in Guilin served chicken on the bone where you could still see the blood. I refused to eat it, but I got the impression that it was 'supposed' to be like that.
Posted on: Hiring a Courier
February 5, 2008 at 8:11 PMThis felt more like an intermediate level than an upper intermediate in terms of the length of the text, the number of 'hard' words and indeed in the banter.
Posted on: The First Tone
January 23, 2008 at 7:26 AMActually I thought Jenny was saying 星 (xing1), which is indeed high in the sky ...
Posted on: Most Frequently Asked Question in China
January 16, 2008 at 8:19 AMluckbethisladylindalu Shouldn't that be 你是在哪里长大的？ Ni3 shi4 zai4 na3li zhang3da4 de? Which is an example of a Shi...de sentence
Posted on: Bad Service Restaurant
January 12, 2008 at 9:32 AMWord order - that's one of my many problems. For example the text has 那她什么反应？ Now, when I was beginning to study this language, I was told that the order of a question was the same as the statement and that 什么 should therefore be placed after the verb: 那她反应什么? The text feels more Chinese but ...
Posted on: Bad Service Restaurant
January 12, 2008 at 9:06 AMFor anyone who would like help understanding the discussion, here are some words I have picked out – I hope they are correct. Lookups mainly courtesy of http://www.mdbg.net/.....?page=main 简称 jian3 cheng1 abbreviation 经历 jing1 li4 experience / go through 遇到 yu4 dao4 to meet / to run into / to come across 比喻 bi3 yu4 metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively 极度 ji2 du4 extremely 情绪 qing2 xu4 feeling / sentiment 状态 zhuang4 tai4 state of affairs / state / mode 冲动 chong1 dong4 impetus / impulse / emotional impulse / impulsive 承认 cheng2 ren4 to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge 骗人 pian4 ren2 to cheat sb / a scam 故意 gu4 yi4 deliberately / on purpose 省略 sheng3 lüe4 to leave out / an omission 客观 ke4 guan1 objective 违反 wei2 fan3 to violate (a law) 社会 she4 hui4 society
Posted on: Trip to the Chinese Doctor and a Special Guest
January 10, 2008 at 7:23 AMLordstanley Thanks - that is a brilliant link
Posted on: Using Verbs 不出来 , 得出来
January 7, 2008 at 6:34 PM明白得出来了。谢谢
Posted on: To Love or Be Loved
February 17, 2008 at 7:50 PMSome words I picked out of the chat: 完美 wan2 mei3 perfect / perfection / perfectly 投资 tou2 zi1 investment / to invest 稳定 wen3 ding4 steady / stable / stability 得出 de2 chu1 obtain (results) / arrive at (a conclusion) 结论 jie2 lun4 (reach a) conclusion / verdict 得罪 de2 zui4 to offend sb / a faux pas 虐待 nüe4 dai4 mistreatment