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2010 Threads of the year

December 19, 2010 at 11:20 PM
I just came across a very interesting thread from earlier this year that I realised I'd completely missed. I realised that unless you read every single thread you ma... Read more

Hi folks!

December 19, 2010 at 01:26 PM
I am brand new to this.  I have just downloaded an application to my blackberry which will help me learn Mandarin Chinese and it is very exciting.  I am 50... Read more
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=%E7%8... Read more

New lessons

December 17, 2010 at 04:40 PM
Dear Crystal, please send me the new lessons for our skype discussion on Monday morning. Best regards and have a nice weekend Paricia Read more

Automatically add label to vocab

December 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Is there a way to automatically add a label to new vocab words? For instance, if you open a new lesson and choose the "save selected key vocabulary" can you have it... Read more

Chinese contractions

December 17, 2010 at 09:27 AM
Found a list of Chinese contractions here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction_%28gram... and in discussion here: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic... Read more

Rob!!!

December 17, 2010 at 06:53 AM
Rob, you are such a cool guy! Read more

象棋 xiang4qi2 (Chinese chess)

December 16, 2010 at 02:06 PM
Couldn't find anything on ChinesePod about Chinese chess.  It is very common - you see people playing everywhere.  It is kind of difficult I'm told (I'm no... Read more

reminder

December 16, 2010 at 08:44 AM
next class: Renting an Apartment 4 It's not the heat it's the humidity Read more

luanchong - What is it?

December 16, 2010 at 07:16 AM
I'm reading this Taiwanese book and came across "䜌蟲“ (luanchong?) which appears to be a kind of bug similar to a grasshopper.    The first character... Read more