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derek

Posted on: Aussie Rules
July 20, 2008, 01:56 AM

Great lesson,

我觉得澳式橄榄球真好看.
wo3 jue2de5 ao4shi4gan3lan3qiu2 zhen1 hao3kan4.

But I often have trouble explaining this great game to non-aussies. :)

Posted on: 磁悬浮
July 08, 2008, 09:44 AM

When I load this page in IE there is a broken H1 tag at the top of the page, it makes the comment text huge, seems like everybody is shouting, LOL.

The text is normal size in Firefox. Anybody else have this problem?

Posted on: Antiperspirant in China
July 01, 2008, 02:07 AM

Can 乱 luan4 be used for excessive use of antiperspirant, eg:

别乱喷止汗剂. bie2 luan4 pen1 zhi3 han4 ji4

or

你把香水乱喷. ni3 ba3 xiang1 shui3 luan4 pen1

Also is  抹 mo3 the verb used for stick or roll-on products?

 

Posted on: 垃圾回收
June 27, 2008, 03:33 AM

很好的课程. 世界上乱扔垃圾的人无处不在. 还有这么多人不知道怎么分类垃圾, 是个很难改的陋习.

Posted on: Best Friends
June 26, 2008, 02:57 AM

Joe,

If you want to avoid drinking alcohol in China, just tell people you have a liver disease such as hepatitas B. This will get you out of difficult situations.

Posted on: 禁塑令
June 17, 2008, 01:21 AM

很好的课程, 白色污染是很严重的问题。政府应该禁止生产,销售,使用塑料购物袋。

Posted on: Who is that?
June 15, 2008, 01:19 AM

Transcript is also not downloading.

Posted on: Fortunate Cookies
June 13, 2008, 01:56 AM

lujiaojie, guolanusa

Thanks, that was very helpful.

 

I have never eaten fortunate cookies. Never seen them in Australia. Sounds like I am missing out on a tasty treat.

Posted on: Fortunate Cookies
June 12, 2008, 03:10 AM

A question on 3 related words:

幸运  xing4yun4 - good fortune; good luck;
命运 ming4yun4 - destiny; fate;
运气 yun4qi5 - fortune; luck;

幸运 has a positive meaning,  but 命运 seems to be more negative, at least in the contexts that I have seen it, but I am not sure if it can be used positively. 运气 seems to be more neutral, for example:

你的运气不好.
你的运气很好.

or

你的命运很惨.
你的命运很光彩.

Can anybody confirm this?

Posted on: Hiking
June 10, 2008, 03:52 AM

tvan,

That would be a great ride, I would love to go mountain biking through Sichuan, although given the current situation I will not be going for a while. Lets hope the province can recover quickly from the effects of the earthquake.