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phonetic map : 幵 qian

December 08, 2008 at 11:55 AM

@ 幵 qian 幵 qiān (phonetic element) yan 研 yán to grind / study; research 研磨 yánmó to grind; pestle; polish 科研 kēyán scientific research 研制... Read more

phonetic map : 臽 xian

December 08, 2008 at 08:34 AM

@ 臽 xian 陷 xiàn to fall into; get stuck; cave in / pitfall; trap; defect 塌陷 tāxiàn sink; cave in 陷入 xiànrù to get bogged down in 缺陷 quēxi... Read more

phonetic map : 匡 kuang

December 08, 2008 at 08:03 AM

@ 匡 kuang 框 kuàng frame; circle / to restrict 门框 ménkuàng n. door frame 框框 kuàngkuang restriction; convention 匡 kuāng to correct (an erro... Read more

First Chinese nuclear power plant

December 08, 2008 at 05:38 AM

--> 2008年12月08日中国将在湖北兴建首座内陆核电厂中国此前表明将推进核电建设省级官员透露，中国首座设于内陆的核电站将于2009年在湖北咸宁市动工兴建。中国媒体星期一（12月8日）引述湖北咸宁市发改委负责人说，预计2009年，环评报告审核通过，咸宁大畈核电项目即可开工建设。据负责人介绍，咸宁核电站项目投资最少2... Read more

All in a Name

December 08, 2008 at 04:49 AM

The only standard name for the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine is the Chinese: 黄帝内经素问 (there is another book, ling shu, which I won't get into right now) 黄帝 (Hu... Read more

About me and why I started this group

December 08, 2008 at 12:19 AM

Hello everyone, my name is KeLinSheng (柯临圣). It's a name my professor gave me. I've been trying to study the Yellow Emperor's Cannon of Medicine for quite sometime n... Read more

Skritter

December 07, 2008 at 10:06 PM

Skritter I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere on ChinesePod, and so I had to spread the word about this tool for learning to write characters, that John recently me... Read more

phonetic map : 奴 nu

December 07, 2008 at 07:56 PM

@ 奴 nu 努 nǔ to put forth strength; pout 努力 nǔlì to make great effort; try hard 努嘴 nǔzuǐ to pout; purse the lips 奴 nú slave; servant / to enslave 奴隶 n&u... Read more

Economic Crises and Learning Chinese?

December 07, 2008 at 07:12 PM

I am just being curious: Is anyone's relation to China and learning Chinese affected by the current unfortunate economic developments? Are your companies' projects a... Read more

想 (xiǎng) vs. 想要 ( xiǎng yào)

December 07, 2008 at 01:58 PM

Can anyone provide some insight into the differences between 想 (xiǎng) and 想要 (xiǎng yào)? I've been told (in Taiwan) that it's much better to use 想要 (xiǎng y... Read more