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Posted on: Onomatopoeias
August 5, 2016 at 1:02 AM

Small laugh in English - how about te he?

Posted on: How to Start a Conversation with Chinese People
June 10, 2016 at 3:39 AM

A lot of these banalities are the same in English but because we're not analysing them we're not aware of how strange they sound.

Posted on: Saying the Right Things - Bad Times
May 23, 2016 at 1:03 AM

Jiu de bu qu, xin de bu lai - having lost old Chinese treasures in earthquakes here anyone saying this would have been living dangerously!

Posted on: Time Word Tips P1: 上 and 下
April 15, 2016 at 11:42 PM

someone will have said but I always think of next as having an x so xia

Posted on: Immediate Solutions
February 22, 2014 at 4:43 PM

With this type of lesson it would be very useful to have a summary of the rules of use in the PDF or the comments.

Posted on: The Mysteries of Age
January 22, 2014 at 11:19 PM

The interesting thing is when overseas, Chinese often ask foreigners their age, something which many English-speakers are very uncomfortable with, even offended by.

Posted on: Tasks and Hiring
January 10, 2014 at 12:31 AM

Interesting. Just to swap places pupil and teacher for a minue Jenny, in English we can't say "Really unique"."Unique' is considered an unqualifiable adjective, something is unique or it's not, there are no degrees of uniqueness.

Posted on: The Riddle of Three Sons
January 6, 2014 at 6:58 PM

Interesting  A New Zealander, Rewi Alley, was very active in China pre-1949 and some years ago I met two of his adopted sons, Lao San and Lao Si, (both quite elderly) when they visited this country, but only now do I understand the general use of such names. 

Posted on: They're Twins!
January 3, 2014 at 11:36 PM

"They are very alike". Of course you can say it in English.

Posted on: Shaven Dog
January 2, 2014 at 1:53 AM

Ti for shave. What about gua?  Had a beard that I shaved off and remember the expression gua huzi being used.