General Discussion
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How many chinese characters per day?
October 12, 2008 at 07:27 AM
I'd like to hear from others, both more advanced and at my same level, how many chinese characters they are learning each day. Or trying to learn, at least. &n...
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Arsenic poisoning in Guanxi
October 12, 2008 at 07:21 AM
--> 2008年10月11日 英语文章 广西河池水污染砷中毒人数增至450 广西河池市一家冶炼厂造成河流和地下水污染，砷中毒人数上升到450，其中50多人仍在医院观察治疗。 中国媒体报道说，初步认定，事故原因是台风影响，河池城区九月二十五日普降...
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路牌
October 11, 2008 at 09:42 PM
路牌 [ lù pái ] I think that's the correct word.
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Praying mantis
October 11, 2008 at 02:02 PM
As a lot of styles such as praying mantis were said to have developed following the observation of fighting styles in nature I thought it might be interesting to obs...
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phonetic map : 垂 chui
October 11, 2008 at 08:27 AM
@ 垂 chui 锤 chuí hammer; weight 风锤 fēngchuí pneumatic hammer 锤光 chuíguāng to flatten 垂 chuí to hang down; approach; condescend 垂线 chu&iacu...
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phonetic map : 贵 gui
October 11, 2008 at 08:09 AM
@ 贵 gui 贵 guì costly; highly valued; noble 宝贵 bǎoguì valuable; precious 贵主 guìzhǔ princess kui 溃 kuì to burst; break through 崩溃 bēngku&ig...
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phonetic map : 昜 yang
October 11, 2008 at 07:56 AM
@ 昜 扬 yáng to raise; praise; wave 表扬 biǎoyáng to praise; commend 飞扬 fēiyáng to fly upward 杨 yáng b.f. poplar 垂杨 chuíyáng we...
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CPod Private Message Spam Peculiarities
October 11, 2008 at 07:36 AM
Once in a while I get a (often hand-crafted!) spam message in my CPod Inbox. There are two types: "Let's become language partners" "I am a good looking girl! Contact...
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phonetic map : 代 dai
October 11, 2008 at 06:40 AM
@ 代 dai 袋 dài bag; sack; pocket 袋鼠 dàishǔ kangaroo 代 dài to take the place of / period 代表 dàibiǎo delegate 古代 gǔdài antiquity 贷 d&...
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