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How do you say "Take a guess?" ... actually I know.

July 19, 2007 at 04:23 AM

GAME SHOWS - over at this week's Movie Madness we were asked to guess the name of the movie dubbed into Chinese. It's fun to do. As I was waiting for our hos... Read more

New Topic Suggestions

July 18, 2007 at 09:49 PM

These days I am under the impression that Chinesepod have lots of topic ideas up their sleeves. Regardless, I would like to suggest some more. 1. Are there any Chine... Read more

My 2 year old overtakes me...

July 18, 2007 at 06:15 PM

Just heard from my wife that my 2 year old son today said 妈妈, 湿了 after he had played with water for a while Later, when "reading" a kids book he said &nbsp... Read more

Leaky water? any clues?

July 18, 2007 at 04:35 PM

DRIP DRIP DRIP - Tonight, and  a few times recently, I have people say to me 'liu shui', as in something like "ta liu shui". It could be very... Read more

语法: Conjunctions and Prepositions

July 18, 2007 at 03:43 PM

Hey all. I found these good sites that have useful conjunctions and prepositions. (A very big help to me!) They are: Conjuctions: http://www.yellowbridge.com/languag... Read more

Future of the Chinese writing system???

July 18, 2007 at 10:17 AM

Will there ever be a standard universally-accepted Chinese writing system?  Have there been any developments recently on this matter throughout Asia? I, persona... Read more

inspired by the competition: Sentence ( 句子) of the day 7

July 18, 2007 at 09:25 AM

    如果两人吵架,第三是高兴   Read more

An Easy Reading Passage for Intermediates

July 18, 2007 at 07:07 AM

I find it very satisfying to read and understand authentic written Chinese, so I thought I'd point out a short, easy article I read yesterday. I read it in 读者 (a... Read more

Joke of the Day (每日笑话) #12

July 18, 2007 at 05:52 AM

“我妻子对我不诚实。”一个愤怒的丈夫在酒吧里对好朋友说。 “发生了什么事情？” “她昨天一夜未归，当我问她去了哪里时，她说是和自己的妹妹在一起。”那位丈夫喝了一口酒之后，继续说：“事实上，她妹妹昨天夜里一直和我在一起。” LOL&nb... Read more

Grammar Tags and Lessons

July 18, 2007 at 05:33 AM

From what I saw so far, the Grammar Tags do not necessary reflect the Grammar content discussed in the acutal podcast. E.g. in the recent "Snacks" lesson t... Read more