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Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Beijing
November 4, 2008 at 8:07 PM


Does anyone know the name of the dish in Xi'An which is like a soup made from meat, naan bread and a lot of oil?

Oh, so it was bread floating around on top? The mystery is finally solved! (And it was hellishly greasy).

Posted on: My Foreign teacher
November 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM

Ah, that seems more reasonable. Thanks chrka.

Posted on: Good, Bad and Otherwise
November 2, 2008 at 8:21 PM

Haha, 马马虎虎 is the "comme ci, comme ça" of Chinese.

Posted on: My Foreign teacher
November 2, 2008 at 3:31 PM

Does "别的班的男生" mean "guys that weren't even meant to be in our class", or am I getting the wrong end of the stick here?

Posted on: Triumph of the Rat
October 26, 2008 at 2:31 PM

The story I heard was that they had a race to see who could swim across the river. The cat didn't like water, so either drowned or didn't get in, hence why there is no cat, and the rat was getting drowned/tired swimming, so asked the ox for a ride, and that they would share their position at the end of the race. But at the end, the rat jumped off the ox and won, hence why rats are cunning.

Posted on: Interview with Cassie
October 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM

Nice to hear from you Cassie!

Posted on: Last and Next
October 20, 2008 at 2:05 PM

Cheers Amber! I'm all for sentences without 了 :D

Posted on: Military Training
October 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM

John's absolutely right, I have sat here hitting the pause button and used my dictionary lots and I can now understand so much more. Still, there are some bits I can't pick out.

Posted on: Last and Next
October 19, 2008 at 10:13 AM

Are 了s optional in those past tense sentences, or just not generally used at all?

Posted on: Military Training
October 18, 2008 at 9:38 AM

That kind of whooshed over my head. Well, about half of it did. Any offers on a transcript, anyone?