General Discussion

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Culture shock

February 26, 2010 at 11:14 PM
We all know about the phenomenon known as culture shock which can be suffered to various degrees particularly by those moving to live in a starkly different culture.... Read more

cháng 尝

February 26, 2010 at 09:40 PM
Most of us know that 尝 (cháng) means 'to taste'.  But MDBG also describes it as a 'past tense marker'. Could someone explain what this means, with an exa... Read more

So hot right now or so yesterday?

February 26, 2010 at 05:19 PM
I thought it may be interesting to discuss/debate what's hot in China right now vs what's so yesterday.I'd like to see a list created and then it could be debated in... Read more

Dictionary for handheld?

February 26, 2010 at 02:59 PM
Hi! I have an old handheld that runs WM2003 and Pleco 2.0. Just love that thing :-) Now, I have a chinese friend who wants to buy Pleco too and I'm helping her to fi... Read more

Supplementary Vocabulary

February 25, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Just wondering if anyone does more than just a quick scan through the Supplementary Vocab lists for each lesson. Personally, I find them the least useful part of a l... Read more

mobile application & pinyin

February 25, 2010 at 06:29 AM
Hi, Im a huge fan of your iphone flash card application but got really disappointed when I tried the quick review. Please add support for pinyin in the lesson part e... Read more
When it refers to the Gucci handbags eternal design and elegance, no other brands can compete with Gucci for its graceful appearance and noble quality. Gucci handbag... Read more

见VS看

February 25, 2010 at 01:09 AM
我去见朋友 我去看朋友 我看见朋友 请问以上句子有什么分别?谢谢 Read more

SOFTWARE - Scanning Chinese Texts

February 25, 2010 at 01:01 AM
I'm looking for some reliable OCR software for converting scanned images of Chinese texts into character text I can use in word processing. Does anyone have any sugg... Read more

EdExcel Chinese

February 24, 2010 at 09:30 PM
Hi All, I was recently browsing a waterstones as you do and although I really have too many chinese books already I came across a book Edexcel GCSE Chinese.  Th... Read more