General Discussion
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lessons keep disappear when i need them
July 16, 2013 at 04:06 AM
Why the lessons I downloaded disappear when I don't have internet access. I travel very frequent, mostly to China, spending around 14 hours on the airplane. &n...
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What's the term for "look-alike" characters?
July 13, 2013 at 04:04 AM
For example: 同向问回词司 , I routinely mix these up. For alphabet-based languages we have synonyms, homonyms, and homophones, they need special care while studying. For C...
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Introspection on eleven years of self-study of Chinese in a non-Chinese environmenton
July 11, 2013 at 04:53 AM
I'm a bit late with my annual introspection. This year I had a really great vacation trip to Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa, and Guilin. To tell the truth, afte...
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Teenage Hyperpolyglot
July 11, 2013 at 01:58 AM
From the Economist. Apparently, one of the kid's 20 languages is mandarin. I love this part, quoted from a book that was part of the Economist article: "...
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Mandarin Beginner
July 07, 2013 at 08:49 AM
I am a Mandarin beginner living in Pudong, Male, 37. Bilingual French & English. I can be reached at WeChat: HerveCharles
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Asiana flight
July 07, 2013 at 12:52 AM
My prayers are the the people on Asiana Flight originating from Shanghai to San Francisco. There seems that the majority of the passengers were Chinese Nationa...
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Jiu and le
July 06, 2013 at 04:53 PM
These examples are from the expansion. Why do we use "了" in the second example, and not the first? 1 你不吃，就不准出去玩。 2 如果周末下雨， 我们就不去了。
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George's Journal July 2013
July 06, 2013 at 03:41 PM
July, 2013
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George's Journal July 2013
July 06, 2013 at 03:40 PM
July, 2013
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loading speed
July 05, 2013 at 03:26 PM
Hey guys, just want to give a heads up that tonight, the loading speed for this website seems really slow (other websites are loading fine). Im not complaining or an...
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