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phonetic map : 同 tong
October 05, 2008 at 05:21 PM
@ 同 tong 筒 tǒng tube 耳筒 ěrtǒng n. earphone 气筒 qìtǒng bicycle pump 桐 tóng parasol tree; tung tree 梧桐 wútóng Chinese parasol tree 油桐 y&oacu...
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Superstition Redux: Expansion Sentences as Fortune Cookies
October 05, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I can't fight it. When I work through the Expansion sentences, my brain always tries to attach some deep wisdom or meaning to those isolated sentences. And some of t...
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ChinesePod on iPhone
October 05, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Managed to find ChinesePod on my iPhone. I had to find it visually in satellite view as there's no street detail in China yet.
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Aspiration: The Key to an Authentic Chinese Accent.
October 05, 2008 at 09:18 AM
One of the most unfortunate aspects of the Pinyin system of Chinese romanization is its inherent lack of clues to the differences between the English pronunciat...
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Learning and connecting
October 05, 2008 at 09:17 AM
My latest blog post is here . It's a bit on the academic side, but hey, if you like that sort of thing...
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Just poking my head in...
October 05, 2008 at 08:41 AM
Hiya, folks! I just wanted to stop in and say a friendly hello to everyone. I've been lax in my studies these past few months (since I gave up writing the Newbie Blo...
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Ji won JEONG and Keigo KOMATSU's group discussion
October 05, 2008 at 07:58 AM
Hi, Keigo sorry for a bit late start for our conversation... so many essays are killing me even during holidays..:( anyways, let's start our bit...I think it's...
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phonetic map : 丑 chou
October 05, 2008 at 07:33 AM
@ 丑 chou 丑 chǒu s.v. ugly; shameful 丑恶 chǒu'è repulsive; hideous 丑事 chǒushì n. scandal * 丑 chǒu 2nd Earthly Branch; clown 丑角 chǒujué clown; buff...
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Magic path to riches
October 05, 2008 at 06:20 AM
--> 2008年10月03日 《哈利・波特》作者每秒收入5英镑 《哈利・波特》系列小说作者罗琳和读者 《哈利・波特》系列全球销量超过4亿本。 根据《福布斯》杂志的统计，小说《哈利・波特》的作家J·K·罗琳是世界作家中的首富，去年每秒钟的收入超过...
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phonetic map : 麻 ma
October 05, 2008 at 05:46 AM
@ 麻 ma 嘛 ma (particle) 喇嘛 lǎma lama 摩 mā . 摩撒 māsa to rub; massage 麻 má hemp; numbed 麻烦 máfan to trouble; bother 麻木 mámù numb; apathetic...
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