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Any Problems, Come here
August 19, 2009 at 11:58 AM
I am glad to answer any questions concerning Chinese.
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Slow Internet Speed Across Asia
August 19, 2009 at 08:32 AM
Internet access is currently disrupted for Wantong customers in China, ChinesePod included. This is due to a recent earthquake in the Taiwan area, which reportedly d...
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Chinese GRE II
August 19, 2009 at 02:37 AM
第一部分：填空题 请在甲、乙、丙、丁、戊五个选项中，选择最合适的一项填入题目的空白中，使句子的逻辑通顺且符合常理。 1、祖冲之末年于建康任谒者仆射期间 ________ 数年，终于继计算圆周率之后，在那段硝烟弥漫的艰苦岁月中发明了千里船、水碓磨。 （甲）惨淡经营 （乙）搜肠刮肚&n...
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Chinese GRE verb part I
August 19, 2009 at 02:36 AM
1、悟空：顽石 (A)宝玉：玉佩 (B)哪吒：肉球 (C)悟能：西瓜 (D)精卫：碎石 (E)敖广：龙珠 答案：(D) 古典文学类，人物及其来源 &...
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自问 Vs 自刎 in spoken chinese
August 18, 2009 at 05:24 PM
Today I became aware of an usual mistake I made when speaking in chinese. I don't know if it comes from my french background but I've a bad tendency to randomly put...
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Getting your MA in Chinese
August 18, 2009 at 08:48 AM
This discussion started in a Qing Wen episode, but I want to hear some input from other people or hear about experiences related to getting your MA in Chinese Studie...
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Joke of the Day - 孔子的学生 Kǒngzǐ de xuésheng
August 18, 2009 at 06:05 AM
孔子的学生 Kǒngzǐ de xuésheng 当年找工作时，主考官问我哪年毕业的。 Dāngnián zhǎo gōngzuò shí，zhǔkǎoguān wèn wǒ nǎ nián bìyè de. 我本来是要说2000年的，结果一激动说：“两千年前...。” Wǒ běnlái shì yàoshuō2000nián...
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最常见的成语和俗语翻译
August 18, 2009 at 05:47 AM
Chinese idioms and sayings often make my head swirl. There are so many so I almost always forget all of them. I went online looking for the most common o...
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