User Comments - modernnomad

modernnomad

Posted on: An Introduction to Chengyu

October 16, 2010 at 11:49 AM

How about 量词？ Boring topic but good to know if you want to make your mandarin sound more like a native Chinese speaker..

Posted on: Endless Summer

August 9, 2010 at 5:54 AM

Mandarin Study Tips

(1) Language Exchange

* Italki -www.italki.com

* Livemocha- www.livemocha.com

* QQ (English version website)-http://www.imqq.com/

(2) Free Resources

* Confucius Institute Online -http://www.chinese.cn/

(3) Movies and MP3s

*Baidu Movies -http://video.baidu.com/

*Baidu MP3-http://mp3.baidu.com/

*Baidu News-http://news.baidu.com/

Posted on: Chinese Identity

April 26, 2010 at 3:26 PM

Being an overseas Chinese, I am really grateful that my parents insisted that I learned Chinese .. I hope other overseas Chinese feel the same way as I do ...

Posted on: Considering a Credit Card

April 22, 2010 at 10:28 AM

How does a 准贷记卡 (half-credit card) work?

Posted on: 《清明》杜牧

April 6, 2010 at 3:47 PM

i agree with you , bill!

Posted on: 《清明》杜牧

April 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM

Chinese people in the Philippines celebrate their 清明节 on the 1st and 2nd of November (Western calendar) each year.

1st of November is All Saint's Day in the Philippines

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2nd of November is All Souls' Day in the Philippines

Both 1st of Nov and 2nd of Nov are considered national public holidays in the Philippines as local Filipinos also take some time off to pay their respects to their departed elders.